Costco issued a recall for Kirkland Signature Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion caplets due to possible contamination with foreign objects. The recall affects specific lot codes sold between October 30th and November 30th, 2024, in certain U.S. regions. Customers are urged to return the affected products for a full refund.
Costco is recalling a specific cold and flu medication sold in its stores due to the risk of contamination by foreign objects. The recall applies to certain runs of Kirkland Signature Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion caplets, which were sold in stores while potentially containing foreign objects that contaminated the medication. The affected products are marked with lot code P140082 on the outside of their packaging. Costco says they were sold between Oct. 30, 2024 and Nov.
30, 2024 in stores in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast. The drugs were manufactured by LNK International, Inc., a New York-based company. In early January Costco sent letters to customers asking them to return any of the affected products to Costco stores for a full refund. Seasonal flu infections are on the upswing in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at the end of December, the rate of flu cases remained elevated in most states and was increasing by about 18% from week to week. This flu season has caused an estimated 63,000 hospitalizations and 2,700 deaths, and sickened more than 5.3 million people. Every year on average, influenza infects somewhere between 9.3 million and 41 million people in the U.S., according to the CDC
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