CPSC, Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group Announce Recall of Iron Supplements
CPSC recall 06116. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplements at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.
Remedy, in the words of CPSC
Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return it to Walgreens for a free replacement.
CPSC recall 06116 has the recall date 16 Mar 2006. The notice names the firm Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group. The recall has about 64,000 units. The median CPSC recall of 2006 has 15,200 units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Poisoning. CPSC gives the product type Vitamins & Supplements.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on . The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: .
More of the notice
The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.
| Incidents and injuries | No injuries or incidents have been reported. |
|---|---|
| Units | 64,000 |
| Description | The recalled supplements were sold in a brown plastic bottle. "Walgreens Finest High Potency Iron Supplement" is printed on the yellow and green label on the bottle. |
| Product | Walgreens High Potency Iron Supplement, About 64,000, Vitamins & Supplements |
| Sold at | Walgreens retail stores nationwide from April 2005 through October 2005 for about $5. |
| Manufacturer | Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group |
| Made in | United States |
Recall notice: The page that CPSC publishes for one recall of a consumer product. It states the product, the hazard, the remedy and the incidents.
Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.
Remedy: What the manufacturer or the firm does about a recalled product. The agency record states the remedy of each recall.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- 64,000Median of 2006: 15,200
- CPSC recalls of 2006
- 319
- Recalls of 2006 with one of the same hazards
- 8%
- Recalls of 2006 in the category Vitamins & Supplements
- 0%
- Recalls on the register that name Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group
- 1
Official channels
- CPSC recall notice 06116The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
- CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
- SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.
Follow by RSS:Consumer product recalls
Cite this page
Recall Register. CPSC recall 06116. https://recallregister.com/product/3230-cpsc-inverness-medical-nutritionals-group-announce-recall-of-iron-supp/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
The CPSC notice is the authority. The hazard names come from the hazard text of CPSC. The category is the product type that CPSC gives. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Does CPSC recall 06116 report injuries?
- The CPSC notice says:
No injuries or incidents have been reported.
- Where was the product sold?
- The CPSC notice says:
Walgreens retail stores nationwide from April 2005 through October 2005 for about $5.
- How many units are in CPSC recall 06116?
- The CPSC notice gives this number:
About 64,000
- Where was the product made?
- The CPSC notice gives:
United States