A baby product that was found to contain various forms of alcohol is being recalled.
Pacific Health Sciences is voluntarily recalling a batch of Babies’ Magic Tea brand Baby Sleep Gripe Water, according to a notice posted on the website of the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA said tests found “ethanol, methanol, and isopropanol that were not declared on the product label.”
“Measured levels were approximately 8.3 percent ethanol, 0.35 percent methanol, and 0.48 percent isopropanol. These substances were not listed on the label. Their presence may pose a risk depending on the amount consumed and the age and body weight of the person using the product,” the notice said.
The notice added that the organic alcohols ”are known to impair normal functioning of the central nervous system, while infant ethanol exposure has been linked to long-term developmental consequences.”
Exposure to the amounts a baby would ingest when given the recommended dose of the product “can induce drowsiness, incoordination, behavioral changes, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain,” the notice said.
Giving a baby even more than is recommended “can increase risk of respiratory depression and other serious adverse health consequences,” the notice continued.