Medtech Products Inc. issues nationwide recall of Little Remedies® honey cough syrup due to microbial contamination
Medtech Products Inc., a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company, is voluntarily recalling five lots of Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, due to the presence of bacillus cereus and loss of shelf-stability, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent June 23.
Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) can cause two types of food-borne illnesses. One type is characterized by nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps that can start one to six hours after eating or drinking contaminated food. The second type can cause stomach cramps and diarrhea that can start eight to 16 hours after eating or drinking contaminated food. Diarrhea may be a small volume or profuse and watery. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term illness, exposure to high levels of foodborne B. cereus can cause death.
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has publicized this recall to all its stores, according to Richard Stith, supervisory consumer safety officer for DeCA Headquarters and Support Center at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.
The affected lots were distributed nationwide in the US through retailers and online from December 14, 2022 through June 4, 2025.
Little Remedies® honey cough syrup is packaged in a 4 fluid ounces (118 mL) amber bottle and is sold in an outer carton with the lot code appearing both on the bottle label and on the bottom of the carton.
All lots of Little Remedies® honey cough within expiry of the following products is subject to recall:
- Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, 4 fluid ounces: UPC 7-56184-10737-9, lot number 0039 and expiration date of November 2025.
- Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, 4 fluid ounces: UPC 7-56184-10737-9, lot number 0545 and expiration date of January 2026.
- Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, 4 fluid ounces: UPC 7-56184-10737-9, lot number 0640 and expiration date of February 2026.
- Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, 4 fluid ounces: UPC 7-56184-10737-9, lot number 0450 and expiration date of May 2026.
- Little Remedies® honey cough syrup, 4 fluid ounces: UPC 7-56184-10737-9, lot number 1198 and expiration date of December 2026.
Consumers with questions regarding this recall can contact Medtech via e-mail at medicalaffairs@prestigebrands.com, through its website at https://www.prestigebrands.com/contact or by phone at (800) 754-8853 Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.