NumbSkin Pain Relief Cream Recalled by SeeNext Venture Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)
IngestionLead / chemical
The hazard
The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving cream contains lidocaine, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they put it on their skin or ingest it.
Incidents reported: None reported.
What to do now
Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach of children and contact SeeNext Venture for instructions on how to dispose or return it and to receive a free replacement similar product with a child-resistant cap. Amazon is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Contact: SeeNext Venture toll-free at 844-700-6862 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT Monday through Saturday, email at distributions@numbskin.com or online at www.numbskin.com and click on Recall at the home page for more information.
About this recall
This recall involves NumbSkin pain relief cream with 5% lidocaine. The topical anesthetic cream was sold in 30 grams in a white with blue tube. NumbSkin is printed on the tube. Lot 9238 and a date code of 10/2019 through 09/2020 in a MM/YYYY format is embossed on the tub's thin end. Batch number 9238 is printed on the product packaging.
Product photos
Photos: U.S. CPSC