{"id":442239,"date":"2026-05-15T00:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442239\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:30:13","slug":"eczema-cream-recalled-over-contamination-with-potentially-fatal-staph-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442239\/","title":{"rendered":"Eczema cream recalled over contamination with potentially fatal staph bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health company Pharmacal is recalling a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts\/pharmacal-issues-nationwide-recall-mg217-multi-symptom-treatment-cream-skin-protectant-eczema-cream\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brand of eczema cream<\/a> that are contaminated with Staphylococcus bacteria, which can cause potentially fatal infections.<\/p>\n<p>The company is recalling MG217 Multi-symptom Treatment Cream &amp; Skin Protectant Eczema Cream, which was sold in 6oz tubes and intended for topical use.<\/p>\n<p>The products were found to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, which has the potential to cause serious infections like endocarditis, sepsis and pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patients with weakened immune systems or compromised skin \u2014 such as those with wounds, burns, or skin disorders \u2014 are at increased risk for serious infections,&#8221; the FDA warned.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the company hasn&#8217;t recorded any cases of infection from the contaminated product.<\/p>\n<p>The product can be identified with its UPC, 012277051067, lot code 1024088 and expiration date of November 2026. It was sold across the U.S. at retail, wholesale and online distributors.<\/p>\n<p>The company is directing users to stop using the affected cream and arranging for distributors to return affected stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA recommends that any adverse reactions to the cream be reported on its <a class=\"Link\" href=\"www.fda.gov\/medwatch\/report.htm\">MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health company Pharmacal is recalling a brand of eczema cream that are contaminated with Staphylococcus bacteria, which can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":["post-442239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}