Yash Pharmaceuticals 2021-04-22 Health serious CPSC
Health · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-21737
Welmate Lidocaine Numbing Cream Recall
Issued April 22, 2021 · Yash Pharmaceuticals · 15,000 units affected
In April 2021, Yash Pharmaceuticals recalled the Welmate Lidocaine Numbing Cream, a serious health recall reported by the CPSC.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
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.
What you should do
- 1 Stop using Welmate Lidocaine Numbing Cream right away.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Yash Pharmaceuticals to arrange your refund. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Refund): Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cream, store it in a safe location out of reach of children and contact YYBA for instructions on how to dispose of the product to receive a full refund. YYBA is directly notifying all known consumers who purchased the recalled product on eBay, Walmart and wellspringmeds.com. Amazon is directly notifying all customers who purchased the recalled product on Amazon.com.
Recall details
- Brand
- Yash Pharmaceuticals
- Category
- Health
- Recall date
- April 22, 2021
- Units affected
- 15,000
- Sold at
- Online at Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Walmart.com and wellspringmeds.com from August 2020 through March 2021 for about $20.
- Recall number
- CPSC-21737
- Made in
- India
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- Yash Pharmaceuticals has 1 recall in our database.
- We're tracking 3,576 Health recalls in our database.
- 15,000 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 8,733 US households.
- This is the 7th Health recall we've logged in 2021.