Vitamins sold at Walmart and Target are recalled
An e-commerce company has issued an urgent recall on California Gold Nutrition-branded iron supplements due to risk of serious injuries or death from poisoning. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) confirmed iHerb issued the recall of around 60,000 units of Daily Prenatal Multi, Ultamins Women's Multivitamin, and Ultamins Women's 50+ Multivitamin last week.
The affected products were required to have child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Because they were not child-resistant, each bottle posed serious harm for young children. The units were sold at retailers like Walmart , Target, and Amazon from January 2019 through April 2025, costing between $8 and $18. The daily prenatal had three batch codes, 2307050A, 2404096A, and 2411100A, with August 2025, May 2026, and November 2026 expiration dates.
The Ultamins products each had two different batch codes, V0532 and V0533 and V0534 and V0536, both with July 2026 and November 2026 expiration dates. The company is now advising customers to discard or return the vitamins for a full refund.
As of now, the California -based manufacturer has not reported any illnesses or deaths related to the recalled products. Individuals who pose the highest risk of sudden or acute iron poisoning are children under the age of six. Doses that can be safe for individuals that are at least eight years old can be dangerous for someone who is three, according to WebMD .
Early symptoms of iron poisoning include nausea and headaches, which could also lead to a high heart rate, seizures, or liver failure. Besides the supplements, newly-recalled B12 vitamins sold at Aldi could cause severe health problems due to the affected units having an 'undeclared' peanut allergy.
A recall initiated by the FDA for 81 cases of smoked herring was put in place days before the iron supplements due to bacteria in the fish that could lead to paralysis and death.
Other recalls made over the last couple of months posing severe health risks include refrigerated deli salads made by Isabelle's Kitchen, Inc., and fruits manufactured by Food Inc.'s Floria Dried Apricots. Like the vitamins, there have been no reports of illnesses or deaths related to these food recalls.
