Leiner Health Products Announce Recall of Multivitamins, USA

(I-Newswire) January 31, 2005 - Name of product: Long's Central-Vite Multivitamins

Units: About 13,000

Manufacturer: Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.

Hazard: The vitamins, which contain iron that can cause serious injury or death if ingested by children, do not have child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.

Incidents/Injuries: No injuries or incidents have been reported.

Description: The recalled Central Vite multivitamins were sold in a value size container of 500 tablets. The plastic white pill bottle is labelled "Advanced Formula Central Vite(R) with Lycopene" and "Value Size."

Sold at: Long's retail stores nationwide from March 2004 through December 2004 for about $16.

Manufactured in: United States.

Remedy: Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return the product to the nearest Long's retail store for a refund or replacement.

Consumer Contact: Call Leiner Health Products at (800) 421-1168 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday. Consumers may visit http://http://www.leiner.com and http://www.longs.com for information about this recall.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products -- such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -- contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270 or visit CPSC's Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 421-1168

CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772, or visit cpsc.gov/talk.html. Further recall information is available at www.cpsc.gov.

Consumer Product Safety Commission
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