Gripe Water Sold at Dollar General Recalled Due to Choking Hazard

(UNDATED) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that people should not consume “Baby Gripe Water herbal supplement with organic ginger and fennel extracts” due to a choking hazard.


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The product is sold at Dollar General.
The product was recalled due to an undissolved ingredient – citrus flavonoid.
According to an official release from the FDA, drinking the product was not hazardous but it could result in difficulty when swallowing the product.
“To date, Kingston Pharma LLC has received one report of a one-week-old infant having difficulty when swallowing the product and three complaints attributed to the undissolved citrus flavonoid,” the FDA said in a release.
The recall is for all lots of the product. They are packaged in 4-ounce amber bottles with white plastic cups and safety seals and are provided with an orange syringe and have UPC Code 8 5495400246 3.

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