Statement from Peter C. Mann About Recall Of Four PediaCare Children’s Products

I want to inform all of our loyal customers that Blacksmith Brands has voluntarily recalled four of our PediaCare products sold in stores across the United States. These products had been manufactured for us by the McNeil Consumer Healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson at the same Fort Washington, Pa., plant that made several products that Johnson & Johnson recalled in recent weeks.

As a precautionary step, we have initiated our own recall to address any possible concerns that parents may have. You should know that our recall was not initiated as a result of any consumer reports of known adverse events or quality issues with respect to the products, but only as a precaution. If you would like to see the news release we’ve issued announcing the recall, please click here.

The four PediaCare items involved in our recall are:

1. PediaCare Multi-Symptom Cold 4oz. UPC # 3 0045-0556-05 9
2. PediaCare Long Acting Cough 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0465-04 7
3. PediaCare Decongestant 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0554-04 8
4. PediaCare Allergy and Cold 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0552-04 4

To provide these valued products to consumers again as quickly as possible, we have arranged to make them at new manufacturing plants and we expect by July to resume shipments of the new items from those new facilities into stores around the country.

If you have already purchased any of the recalled products, please throw them away. Please contact our consumer hotline at (888) 474-3099 if you have any further questions or would like to receive a coupon for a free product replacement.