Hundreds of thousands of travel-size bottles of a nasal spray are being recalled due to a labeling problem, according to a notice published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer is recalling around 786,100 6-milliliter bottles of Afrin Original Nasal Spray after federal officials said in an April 30 notice that the packaging could pose a danger to children.
The bottles contain an imidazoline, a compound that is found in eye drops and nasal sprays. Some imidazoline compounds can cause poisoning if the product is swallowed, officials say.
As a result, according to the CPSC, such products containing the substance “must be in child-resistant packaging or meet the labeling requirements for non-complying packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.”…