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About 30,000 tubes of Badger sunscreens for babies and children have
been recalled after testing found they could be contaminated with
bacteria and fungi, the manufacturer says.
The voluntary recall
from a leading maker of natural and organic sunscreens includes all lots
of the company's 4-ounce SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion and one lot of
4-ounce SPF 30 Kids Sunscreen Lotion, according to a statement from W.S. Badger Co. Inc.
The
New Hampshire company says the products all passed testing before they
were put on sale, starting in February, but routine quality checks later
turned up three microbes: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida parapsilosis and Acremonium fungis. The third microbe was found only in one open sample that had been handled and contaminated, the company says.
The testing suggested all the problems were caused by "preservative instability," the company says.
The recalled products include:
- SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion tubes with UPC codes of 34084490091 and 634084490114. (Lot #'s 3024A, 3057B, 3063A, 3063B, 3132A, 3133A)
- SPF 30 Kids Sunscreen Lotion tubes with UPC codes of 634084490145 and 634084490169 ( Lot # 3164A)
In an online message,
Badger CEO Bill Whyte apologizes for the problems and says no adverse
reactions have been reported. He also says he has been reassured by
toxicologists that the organisms found in the sunscreens are "unlikely
to cause problems except for in immune-compromised persons or for
persons with severely damaged skin."
Company spokeswoman Deirdre
Fitzgerald says: "We are already reformulating all products in question
for improved shelf-life stability for next year's sunscreen season."
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