NumbSkin Pain Relief Cream Recalled by SeeNext Venture Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

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 …

Recall #: 20724
Affected scope: About 8,000

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The CPSC recalled This recall involves NumbSkin pain relief cream with 5% lidocaine. The topical anesthetic….

NumbSkin Pain Relief Cream Recalled by SeeNext Venture Due to Failure to Meet Child Resis… was recalled and listed by the CPSC in March 18, 2020. Reason: The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving c…. Remedy: Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach …. Verify recall #20724 with the CPSC before acting.

The recall

issued this CPSC recall-The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving c….

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agency class: March 18, 2020
reported

Sourced from official CPSC enforcement records. Verify recall #20724 with the agency before acting. Full product description, hazard, remedy, and related recalls are below.

Recall Insight

This recall's affected scope, documented in the Recall Profile below, stays within a single-region or limited-distribution footprint. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. Consumers holding this product should act on the agency's documented remedy above rather than relying on general guidance.

Within the same product category the archive holds 6 closely related recalls, 5 from CPSC - clustering in a narrow category often points to a systemic quality-control or supplier issue rather than a one-off defect. Always verify the recall number against the official agency record before acting.

Product description

This recall involves NumbSkin pain relief cream with 5% lidocaine. The topical anesthetic cream was sold in 30 grams in a white with blue tube. NumbSkin is printed on the tube. Lot 9238 and a date code of 10/2019 through 09/2020 in a MM/YYYY format is embossed on the tub's thin end. Batch number 9238 is printed on the product packaging.

Reason for recall

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.

Remedy, what to do

Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach of children and contact SeeNext Venture for instructions on how to dispose or return it and to receive a free replacement similar product with a child-resistant cap. Amazon is contacting all known purchasers directly.

Recall Profile

Structured summary of the CPSC recall record
Attribute	Value
Agency	U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Severity class	Not classified by agency
Status	Active
Recall number	20724
Date reported	March 18, 2020
Date initiated	March 18, 2020
Recalling firm	Not disclosed
Affected scope	About 8,000
Distribution	Not disclosed
Official source	CPSC notice →

Profile values are sourced directly from the official CPSC enforcement record. Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

What to do with this recall

Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach of children and contact SeeNext Venture …

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This recall was issued by the CPSC on March 18, 2020. CPSC does not publish a hazard classification for this recall. Recall number: 20724.

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