US/Washington: Belle Chemical, a Billings, Montana establishment, recalls an estimated 103,000 packages of Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide from the American marketplace due to suspected failure meet child-resistant packaging regulations and violation of FHSA labeling requirements with consequential risk of chemical burns, ingestion, poisoning and GI tract laceration damage, all serious safety hazards.
CPSC: http://ht.ly/9YWc30qvw52
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports this recall involves certain Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide products that are sold in three sizes: four (4)-ounce, eight (8)-ounce and one (1)-pound packages, as follows:
Filed under: Burn or scald hazard, Chemical contamination hazard, Children, Choking or asphyxiation hazard, Home & Residential, Ingestion hazard, Labeling or regulatory issues, US CPSC | Tagged: Babies, Belle Chemical, children, corrosive skin hazards, CPSC, CPSC recall number: 20-093, Infant, infants, poisoning hazards, Potassium Hydroxide, Recalls Direct RIN: 12884-2020, Sodium Hydroxide, suspected failure to meet US Child Resistant Closure Requirement, suspected violation of FHSA labeling requirements, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, US Poison Prevention Packaging Act | Leave a comment »