Boots issues urgent recall notice on paracetamol due to major 'packaging error'
- Boots has issued a recall for over 110,000 packs of paracetamol tablets due to a packaging error labeling them incorrectly as aspirin.
- The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency urged customers to check for batch number 241005 and return affected packs, emphasizing patient safety.
- Customers are advised to stop using the product immediately and can return it for a full refund, with or without a receipt, according to the MHRA.
- Boots and its supplier, Aspar Pharmaceuticals Limited, are conducting a full investigation into the packaging error.
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Boots recalls paracetamol and issues urgent ‘do not take’ warning
Boots confirmed its batch of its 500mg tablets were labelled incorrectly (Picture: Aspar Pharmaceuticals Ltd/PA Wire) Boots has issued an urgent recall for its own-brand paracetamol over a packaging error. The high street chain confirmed a batch of its 500mg tablets were labelled incorrectly. It is packaged incorrectly because the inner packs say the product is 300mg tablets of aspirin. While aspirin is an everyday painkiller, aspirin can be ris…
Boots recall mislabelled packs of paracetamol - as customers urged to 'immediately' stop using tablet | UK News | Tech, Entertainment, Sport, Fashion, Travel News
People have been told to “immediately” stop using packets of paracetamol from Boots after a packaging error. The affected foil blister packs of 16 tablets inside paracetamol boxes were incorrectly packaged as “Aspirin 300mg Dispersible Tablets” despite actually being 500mg paracetamol tablets. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) urged customers to check […]


Packaging error leads to recall of commonly-used drug
Certain packs of Boots paracetamol tablets have been recalled.
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