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Product name Multivitamin Women 50+ tablets
Description This recall involves Well at Walgreens Multivitamin Women 50+ tablets. The white plastic bottles contain 200 multivitamin tablets. Well at Walgreens Multivitamin Women 50+ is printed on the bottles white and silver label. A yellow band at the top of the label states Value Size. UPC number 3-11917-17262-0 and one of the following lot numbers 000001 (EXP 9/2016), 000002 (EXP 12/2016) or 000003 (EXP 11/2016) are printed on the back of the bottles on a white label. 
Problem The packaging is not child-resistant and senior friendly as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The multivitamin supplement tablets inside the bottle contain iron, which can cause serious injury or death to young children if multiple tablets are ingested at once. 
Distribution Sold exclusively at Walgreens drug stores nationwide for about $16. 
Company International Vitamin Corp. 866-927-5470; website www.ivcinc.com 
Dates sold January 2015 through March 2015 
Date posted 06/16/2015 
Additional information For additional information, visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission news release at www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Walgreens-Vitamins-Recalled-by-International-Vitamin/ 
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