Rugby Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Jun 23, 2011, 03:03 ET

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

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Name of product: Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops
Units: About 898,000
Manufacturer: Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of Aquebogue, N.Y
Distributed by: Rugby Laboratories, Inc., of Duluth, Georgia
Hazard: This over the counter medicine contains acetaminophen which calls for child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Although the original bottle has child-resistant packaging, a separate dropper unit provided for dispensing the drug to children does not. When in use, a child can access the medicine, posing serious health problems or death if more than the recommended dosage is consumed.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Description: The recall involves Rugby Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops (Acetaminophen Drops) in a ½ fl. oz. (15 mL) bottle size. The UPC code 305361936723 can be found with the bar code at the bottom of the box. The affected lot numbers are:


09002	09379	10272	10368	10487
09131	09394	10273	10406	11058
09215	10154	10366	10433

The lot numbers can be found stamped into the bottom of the carton with the expiration date and above the label on the bottle printed in black.
Sold at: Drug stores, grocery stores and other retailers nationwide between January 2009 and June 2011 for about $4.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately store this product with the child-resistant closure in place and keep it out of the reach of children. To arrange for a free replacement dropper, contact Altaire Pharmaceuticals at (800) 258-2471 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Rugby Laboratories at (800) 645-2158 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on www.saferproducts.gov.

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 258-2471
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission