Solgar Company, Inc. Recalls Improperly Packaged Iron Products That Could Cause Serious Illness

August 17, 1993 Release # 93-101 PRODUCT: Five iron-containing dietary supplement products manufactured and sold by Solgar Company, Inc. The products are: "Natural Amino Acid Chelated Iron," "Gentle Iron Vegicaps," "Hematinic Formula," "Prenatal Nutrients," and "Trace Elements." Approximately 17,500 bottles of the recalled products were sold in brown glass bottles with yellow screw-on caps between January 1, 1993 and mid-April 1993. The products were sold in health food and nutrition stores nationwide. PROBLEM: The products were not put in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Even though the firm and CPSC know of no poisoning incidents due to the Solgar brand iron tablets and capsules, CPSC is aware of many ingestions and at least 11 deaths in 1991 from other iron-containing products. WHAT TO DO: Consumers with any of the recalled products should immediately return the unused portion of the bottles to the stores where purchased or return the product to Solgar Co., Inc. 410 Ocean Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563, Attention: Recall, for a complete refund of the purchase price plus postage. WASHINGTON, DC --- CPSC, Solgar Company, Inc. of Lynbrook, NY is voluntarily recalling five dietary supplement products containing iron. The products being recalled include all sized bottles of Solgar brand "Natural Amino Acid Chelated Iron," " Gentle Iron Vegicaps," "Hematinic Formula," "Prenatal Nutrients," and "Trace Elements." These five iron-containing products were not put in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The lack of child-resistant packaging means that a child could easily access and accidentally swallow the iron tablets or capsules. Each bottle of the recalled products contains enough iron that, if consumed by a child at one time, could cause serious illness or death. The five recalled products were sold in brown glass bottles with yellow screw-on metal caps. Each product comes in several pack