Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals Recalls Over-the-Counter Drugs Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning
Home product recall 22-060. Announced by CPSC on Jan 26, 2022.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CPSC’s own notice is on cpsc.gov.
The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jan 26, 2022. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Refund or Replace what’s offered
- About 800 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The over-the-counter drug products contain regulated substances which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products is not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately store the recalled products in a safe location out of sight and reach of children, and safely dispose of the recalled product as soon as is practicable. Contact Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals for a full refund or replacement over-the-counter drug product.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund or replace.
- How to reach the firm: Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals at 800-540-3765 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET Friday, email at recalls@gericarepharm.com, or online at www.gericarepharm.com/recalls/ or www.gericarepharm.com and click on “Product Recalls” at the top of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves bottles of Geri-Care Brand over-the-counter acetaminophen and aspirin. The acetaminophen is 500mg with 1,000 tablets in the bottle. The aspirin was sold in 81mg with 300 and 1,000 tablets in the bottle and 325mg with 250 and 1,000 tablets in the bottle. Product Count Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500mg Tablets 1,000 Regular Strength Enteric Coated Aspirin 325mg Tablets 250 Regular Strength Enteric Coated Aspirin 325mg Tablets 1,000 Adult Low Dose Enteric Coated Aspirin 81mg Tablets 300 Adult Low Dose Enteric Coated Aspirin 81mg Tablets 1,000
About 800 units, as CPSC gives them.
Over-the-counter drugs.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 5 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled Geri-Care Brand Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500mg tablets 1,000-count bottle
- Recalled Geri-Care Brand Regular Strength Enteric Coated Aspirin 325mg tablets 250-count bottle
- Recalled Geri-Care Brand Regular Strength Enteric Coated Aspirin 325mg tablets 1,000-count bottle
- Recalled Geri-Care Brand Adult Low Dose Enteric Coated Aspirin 81mg tablets 300-count bottle
- Recalled Geri-Care Brand Adult Low Dose Enteric Coated Aspirin 81mg tablets 1,000-count bottle
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals, Brooklyn, New York.
- Online at amazon.com, simplymedical.com, drugsupplystore.com, heypharma.com, otcsuperstore.com, blowoutmedical.com, vitamincoveusa.com, simplymedical.com, silverrodrx.com, zoro.com, healthproductsforyou.com, earthturns.com, cleanitsupply.com, herbspro.com, stomabags.com, ebay.com, atcmedical.com, and bettymillls.com through August 2021 for between $2 and $1.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
-
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.