Rugby Children’s Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled

Rugby Children’s Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

Altaire Pharmaceuticals is recalling about 898,000 Children’s Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops because these over the counter medicines contain acetaminophen which calls for child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Although the original bottle has child-resistant packaging, a separate dropper unit provided for dispensing the drug to children does not. When in use, a child can access the medicine, posing serious health problems or death if more than the recommended dosage is consumed.

No injuries have been reported as yet, but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a voluntary recall of Children’s Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops by Altaire Pharmaceuticals. These medicines are sold at drug stores, grocery stores and other retailers nationwide between January 2009 and June 2011 for about $4. Consumers should immediately store this product with the child-resistant closure in place and keep it out of the reach of children. To arrange for a free replacement dropper, contact Altaire Pharmaceuticals at (800) 258-2471 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact Rugby Laboratories at (800) 645-2158 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

The recall involves Rugby Children’s Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops (Acetaminophen Drops) in a 1/2 fl. oz. (15 ml) bottle size. The UPC code 305361936723 can be found with the bar code at the bottom of the box. The affected lot numbers are:

The lot numbers can be found stamped into the bottom of the carton with the expiration date and above the label on the bottle printed in black.