Bulk Apothecary Recalls Nature's Oil Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)
What's being recalled
Nature's Oil Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils
Units: About 20,240
This recall involves Nature's Oil Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils in amber glass bottles with black caps and silver metal cans with white caps. The essential oils were sold in 0.33 fl. oz. (10 mL), 0.5 fl. oz. (15 mL), 2 fl. oz. (60 mL), 16 fl. oz. (473 mL), and 5 pound (2.25 L). "Nature's Oil," "Organic," "Wintergreen Oil," "Birch Oil," the Nature's Oil logo and the volume amount are printed on the brown, green and white labels. The SKU is printed on the right side of the label. Product Name Size SKU Code Nature's Oil Wintergreen Essential Oils 10 mL WintergreenEOORG10ml 15 mL D-169-eo-390 D-172-eo-394 23-0048-001 60 mL D-170-eo-391 D-173-eo-395 23-0048-002 473 mL D-171-eo-392 D-174-eo-396 23-0048-003 2.25 L 23-0048-004 fill room-Wintergreen5lb fill room-Wintergreen (Commercial Grade)5lb Nature's Oil Birch Essential Oils 15 mL D-238-eo-30 60 mL D-239-eo-31 473 mL D-240-eo-32 2.25 L fill room-BirchSweet5lb
The problem, in CPSC's words
The products contain the substance methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products are not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
Incidents and injuries reported to CPSC
None reported.
What CPSC says to do
Refund
Consumers should immediately store the products in a safe location out of reach of children and contact Bulk Apothecary for a full refund. All known purchasers are being notified directly by Bulk Apothecary about the recall and will receive a full refund.
How to contact the company
Bulk Apothecary toll free at 888-728-7612 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at sales@BulkApothecary.com to obtain instructions on how to receive a full refund or online at www.BulkApothecary.com and click on ‘Recall Alert’ for more information.
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Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 20766, cpsc.gov. Text in quotes is from CPSC. Photos: CPSC.