An infant Motrin recall is still in effect. The company recalled about 200,000 bottles of Concentrated Motrin Infants' Drops as it was found that they might contain tiny plastic particles. The recall is ongoing, but it is starting to make rounds around social media sites like Facebook.
Many have recently seen a photo going around Facebook saying that a certain type of infant Motrin has been recalled and the photo asks other to share it with other parents. It isn't a hoax.
Motrin maker McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced the recall in September and asked retailers to remove Concentrated Motrin Infants' Drops Original Berry Flavor in half-ounce bottles with three different lot numbers. The lot numbers included in the recall are DCB3T01, DDB4R01 and DDB4S01, CNN reports.
The medication is typically used to lower fevers and treats aches in pain in children ages 2 and younger, but McNeil warned that some of the medication may be contaminated with tiny plastic particles called PTFE, which is also used in Teflon coatings.
The company found the particles in a different lot during manufacturing, which was not released to the public. It is not clear if the other lots definitely had the particles. The particles seem to have come from a shipment of ibuprofen from a supplier and the three recalled lots were made using the same batch of ibuprofen.
"From our perspective, during the manufacturing process at the third party supplier, that's when the particles got into the ibuprofen," McNeil Vice President Ed Kuffner told the AP. The ibuprofen supplier has not been identified.
There have been no reported injuries or illnesses as of yet and the company says that the pills likely wouldn't cause major medical problems. "The potential for adverse medical events related to the reason for this recall is not likely," the company said in a news release Sunday.
Anyone who has questions or who would like to request a refund can call the company company at 1-877-414-7709.
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