{"id":584976,"date":"2026-04-15T03:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584976\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:56:10","slug":"350k-vitamins-supplements-recalled-for-faulty-packaging-posing-serious-injury-or-death-risk-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584976\/","title":{"rendered":"350K vitamins, supplements recalled for faulty packaging \u2014 posing \u2018serious injury or death\u2019 risk to children"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 350,000 vitamins and supplements were recalled due to incorrect packaging, which federal regulators said poses a \u201crisk of serious injury or death\u201d to children.<\/p>\n

New Jersey-based Vitaquest International initiated the voluntary recall of about 356,140 dietary supplements that contain iron due to the lack of child-resistant packaging required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dietary supplements contain iron, which must be in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act,\u201d the commission said in its announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe packaging of the supplements is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children,\u201d the alert added.<\/p>\n

Vitaquest International said child-resistant packaging on these products is \u201cintended to ensure that young children do not accidentally ingest an amount of the product that could cause iron poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company also emphasized that the lack of child-resistant caps or storage pouches is the only concern and that there are no issues with the product formulation, ingredient quality or anything else.<\/p>\n

\"PackagingNew Jersey-based Vitaquest International initiated the voluntary recall of about 356,140 dietary supplements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the product formulation and iron content are safe when used as directed, we are conducting this recall to protect young children from the risk that they will get access to the products and ingest more than directed,\u201d the company said on its website.<\/p>\n

The recall includes prenatal vitamins as well as supplements for bariatric surgery patients who have had sleeve or band procedures. It also covers the Zenbean Kids Caf\u00e9 Instant Coffee + Nutrition Latte, a caffeine-free coffee alternative for children sold in Original, Caramel, Chocolate and Vanilla flavors.<\/p>\n

\"AThe company also emphasized that the lack of child-resistant caps or storage pouches is the only concern.<\/p>\n

Affected products were sold under the brands Arey, Bari Life, Bird&Be, Biote, Dr. Fuhrman, NuLife, HMR, Bariatric Pal, Noevir, Zenbean and Sakara.<\/p>\n

The products were sold at Credo Beauty, Erewhon, Healf, Nutrition World, The Vitamin Shoppe, Fullscript, Ulta Beauty, medical practitioners\u2019 offices, brands\u2019 websites and Amazon.com between April 2023 and February 2026 for between $13 and $130, depending on brand and size.<\/p>\n

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Consumers are urged to immediately store the supplements out of children\u2019s reach and to contact Vitaquest International for information on how to receive a free child-resistant replacement cap or storage pouch.<\/p>\n

No injuries have been reported thus far in connection with the recalled packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 350,000 vitamins and supplements were recalled due to incorrect packaging, which federal regulators said poses a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[151,97,269,49326,582,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-584976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-children","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-nutrition","11":"tag-recalls","12":"tag-supplements","13":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}