{"id":226997,"date":"2025-06-30T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226997\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:03:13","slug":"over-60000-supplements-recalled-over-deadly-poison-risk-check-packaging-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226997\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 60,000 supplements recalled over deadly poison risk: Check packaging NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 60,000 packages of vitamins and supplements have been recalled over fears that the products could cause an accidental death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The US\u00a0Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued the alert on June 26 for three types of California<\/a> Gold Nutrition iron supplements<\/a>\u00a0due to\u00a0the packaging, which is not\u00a0child-resistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The recall<\/a> affects the brand’s Daily Prenatal Multi, Ultamins Women’s Multivitamin, and Ultamins Women’s 50+ Multivitamins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each of the recalled products contains 60 gel capsules, with the Ultamins coming in blister packs – the foil sheets that individually hold each pill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The prenatal multivitamins come in a white bottle with a white lid. The manufacturer of all three products is\u00a0iHerb LLC in Irvine, California.<\/p>\n

For the Daily Prenatal Multi, the recall includes all pills with batch codes 2307050A, 2404096A, and 2411100A, and an expiration date of\u00a008\/2025, 05\/2026, or 11\/2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the\u00a0Ultamins Women’s Multivitamin, consumers should look for batch codes\u00a0V0532 and V0533 on the back of the package, which expire on\u00a011\/2026 and 07\/2026.<\/p>\n

The recall for\u00a0Ultamins Women’s 50+ Multivitamins includes batch codes\u00a0V0534 and V0536, which can be found on the bottle, and expire on\u00a007\/2026 and 11\/2026.<\/p>\n

\"US <\/p>\n

US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall alert on June 26 for 3 California Gold Nutrition products, including\u00a0Ultamins Women’s Multivitamins (pictured)<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a0California <\/p>\n

The\u00a0California Gold Nutrition supplements, including\u00a0Ultamins Women’s 50+ Multivitamins (pictured), all use packaging that did not meet federal law requiring child-resistant materials<\/p>\n

These supplements were sold online throughout the US at\u00a0Amazon.com,\u00a0Walmart<\/a>.com, Target.com, and other sites between January 2019 and April 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Federal law requires any supplements containing iron to come in packaging that young children can’t easily open due to the threat of an accidental overdose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iron is highly toxic to children in large doses. If a child breaks into these packages and swallows too many supplements, they could develop iron poisoning, which can cause severe symptoms including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.<\/p>\n

In severe cases, it can lead to organ damage (particularly to the liver and heart), internal bleeding, coma, or death.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

CPSC<\/a> urged anyone who bought the affected supplements to immediately secure the packages away from children and contact iHerb for a refund.<\/p>\n

To receive a refund, email ProductRecall@iherb.com with the subject line\u00a0‘Iron Supplement Refund’ and provide your name, the products, and the quantity ordered.<\/p>\n

Consumers will also need to provide evidence that the product was disposed of, including a photo with their initials and the date visible.<\/p>\n

An optional step for consumers seeking a refund is to include the order number connected to the website where the supplements were purchased, which can be found in the Order History of the buyer’s account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Federal <\/p>\n

Federal law requires any supplements which include iron to use child-resistant packaging. Iron poisoning is one of the leading causes of poisoning deaths among children under 6<\/p>\n

CPSC noted that iHerb is also contacting anyone they know who purchased these supplements directly.<\/p>\n

Officials warned that these supplements are formulated for adults, meaning the iron content is likely far higher than safe levels for children, amplifying the risk of accidental poisoning.<\/p>\n

Iron poisoning is a leading cause of poisoning deaths in children under six years old, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

The recalled supplements were marketed to support the nutritional needs of women who may be at risk of iron deficiency anemia due to pregnancy, menstruation, or aging.<\/p>\n

Iron is critical for transporting oxygen in the blood and energy production.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a0California <\/p>\n

The\u00a0California Gold Nutrition supplements were specifically tailored for adult women at risk of\u00a0anemia due to pregnancy,\u00a0menstruation, and aging<\/p>\n

At this point, the CPSC has not received any reports of injuries, overdoses, or deaths connected to these recalled products.<\/p>\n

If a child does accidentally consume iron supplements, the early signs of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. All of these will emerge within six hours.<\/p>\n

Within the first 24 hours, a young child may go into shock, suffer a seizure, or experience organ failure. Without immediate treatment, severe iron poisoning can be fatal.<\/p>\n

The main treatment to cleanse the body of an iron overdose is chelation therapy, a medical procedure that injects medication called chelating agents that act like magnets, grabbing onto the toxic metal and pulling it out of the body through urine or feces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 60,000 packages of vitamins and supplements have been recalled over fears that the products could cause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[92,105,4434,261,16,15,19519],"class_list":{"0":"post-226997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-nutrition","11":"tag-sciencetech","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-walmart"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114773164518018894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}