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Ananda Apothecary Recalls Essential Oils Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

U.S. CPSCChemicalIngestionJul 9, 2020
Recalled Wintergreen Essential Oil (0.5 mL, 10 mL, 30 mL, 60 mL, 120 mL)
Recalled Wintergreen Essential Oil (0.5 mL, 10 mL, 30 mL, 60 mL, 120 mL)
Recalled Sweet Birch Essential Oil (0.5 mL, 10 mL, 30 mL, 60 mL, 120 mL)
Recalled Sweet Birch Essential Oil (0.5 mL, 10 mL, 30 mL, 60 mL, 120 mL)
Recalled Super Soother Pure Essential Oil (5 mL, 10 mL, and 30 mL)
Recalled Super Soother Pure Essential Oil (5 mL, 10 mL, and 30 mL)
Recalled Breathe Deep Pure Essential Oil (10 mL and 30 mL)
Recalled Breathe Deep Pure Essential Oil (10 mL and 30 mL)

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Hazard

The products contain the substance methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products are not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately store the product in a safe location out of reach of children. All known purchasers are being notified directly by Ananda Apothecary about the recall and will receive a full refund for the sample size (0.5 mL) or be sent a free replacement child-resistant closure for the all other sizes.

Refund, Replace

Incidents & injuries

None reported.

Product description

This recall involves Wintergreen, Sweet Birch, Super Soother Blend and Breath Deep Blend Pure Essential Oils in amber glass bottles with black continuous thread closures. The white and green/blue label includes the Ananda Apothecary logo, product name, and the volume size of the bottle. The table lists the volume sizes for the products and lot numbers which is listed on the top left corner of the label. Pure Essential Oils Volume Sizes (mL) Lot Numbers Wintergreen 0.5, 10, 30, 60, 120 SAK138WIN SAG019WIN SAL249WIN Sweet Birch 0.5, 10, 30, 60, 120 PEC199BIR Super Soother Blend 5, 10, 30 BLB259SSR BLF059SSR BLJ089SSR Breathe Deep Blend 10, 30 BLB089BRD BLE289BRD BLH279BRD BLJ239BRD BLL059BRD

Sold on

Anandaessentialoils.com from July 2019 through February 2020 between $2 and $100.

Contact the company

Ananda Apothecary at 888-758-6360 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Thursday, email at [email protected], or online at www.anandaessentialoils.com and click on ‘Wintergreen/Birch EO Recall’ for more information.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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