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Vicks Sinex Micromist Aqueous Nasal Spray
The company said it is taking this precautionary step after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of product made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany. There have been no reports of illness. However, the bacteria could cause serious infections for individuals with a compromised immune system, or those with chronic lung conditions, such as cystic fibrosis. B. cepacia poses little medical risk to healthy individuals.
P&G detected this problem during routine quality control at the plant and promptly took action. The company’s analysis to date shows this problem is limited to a single batch of raw material mixture involving three lots of product. These three lots were sold only in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The lot number of the product involved in The UK is
9224028832 - Vicks Sinex Micromist Aqueous Nasal
Spray Solution, 15 ml .This lot number is listed on both the outer carton
and the bottle.
Consumers should simply discard the affected product as they would any OTC medicine.
Anyone who has these specific lots of this product can call P&G for a replacement coupon or refund at the following numbers.
From the United Kingdom,
please call: 0800 5555 15
(Hours of operation: 19 November, 4PM - 9PM local time and will continue Monday
- Friday, 8AM - 6PM local time, Saturday - Sunday, 9AM - 5PM local time)
Source :- Trading Standards
29th Novemeber 2009