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Bulk Apothecary Recalls Nature's Oil Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

U.S. CPSCChemicalIngestionSold on AmazonJul 23, 2020
Recalled Nature’s Oil Wintergreen Essential Oils 10 mL, 15 mL, 60 mL, 473 mL and 2.25 L (5 lb)
Recalled Nature’s Oil Wintergreen Essential Oils 10 mL, 15 mL, 60 mL, 473 mL and 2.25 L (5 lb)
Recalled Nature’s Oil Birch Essential Oils 15 mL, 60 mL, 473 mL and 2.25 mL (5 lb)
Recalled Nature’s Oil Birch Essential Oils 15 mL, 60 mL, 473 mL and 2.25 mL (5 lb)

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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 products in a safe location out of reach of children and contact Bulk Apothecary for a full refund. All known purchasers are being notified directly by Bulk Apothecary about the recall and will receive a full refund.

Refund

Incidents & injuries

None reported.

Product description

This recall involves Nature's Oil Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils in amber glass bottles with black caps and silver metal cans with white caps. The essential oils were sold in 0.33 fl. oz. (10 mL), 0.5 fl. oz. (15 mL), 2 fl. oz. (60 mL), 16 fl. oz. (473 mL), and 5 pound (2.25 L). "Nature's Oil," "Organic," "Wintergreen Oil," "Birch Oil," the Nature's Oil logo and the volume amount are printed on the brown, green and white labels. The SKU is printed on the right side of the label. Product Name Size SKU Code Nature's Oil Wintergreen Essential Oils 10 mL WintergreenEOORG10ml 15 mL D-169-eo-390 D-172-eo-394 23-0048-001 60 mL D-170-eo-391 D-173-eo-395 23-0048-002 473 mL D-171-eo-392 D-174-eo-396 23-0048-003 2.25 L 23-0048-004 fill room-Wintergreen5lb fill room-Wintergreen (Commercial Grade)5lb Nature's Oil Birch Essential Oils 15 mL D-238-eo-30 60 mL D-239-eo-31 473 mL D-240-eo-32 2.25 L fill room-BirchSweet5lb

Sold on

BulkApothecary.com and Amazon.com from January 2016 through May 2020 for between $4 and $550.

Contact the company

Bulk Apothecary toll free at 888-728-7612 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at [email protected] to obtain instructions on how to receive a full refund or online at www.BulkApothecary.com and click on ‘Recall Alert’ 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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