A well-liked each day vitamin has been pulled from cabinets amid fears the tablets comprise steel fragments.
On Thursday, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) issued an pressing recall for a batch of BioCeuticals Ultra Potent-C Chewable tablets.
The recall comes as a shopper reported discovering a small fragment of steel, “about the thickness of a human hair” embedded in one of many tablets.
Small shards of steel could cause accidents to consumer’s mouths and digestive tracts.
The TGA mentioned inside investigations decided the fragment seemingly got here from the manufacturing course of, nonetheless in an try and minimise dangers to others, batch quantity 220380 has been recalled.
On the bottle, batch numbers are situated below the barcode on the label, and anybody with an identical quantity has been suggested to right away cease utilizing the product.
“You can return it to the place of purchase for a refund,” the TGA mentioned.
“No other batches or other Bioceuticals products are being recalled at this time.”
Anyone with questions or issues can contact BioCeuticals Practitioner Support on 1300 650 455 or electronic mail practitionersupport@bioceuticals.com.au
The merchandise are bought at most main chemists, together with Chemist Warehouse.
Originally revealed as Ultra Potent-C Chewable vitamin tablets recalled after steel scare
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
