Multiple recalls issued for personal care products over risk of death from poisonings
Parents are being warned that personal care products sold at Target, Walmart and on Amazon have been recalled over fears that they could cause deaths.
Florida-based Plantimex recalled 50,000 bottles of its $10 Mamisan Pain Relieving Topical Ointment, sold in 3.52oz yellow plastic jars, on Thursday after officials found they contained lidocaine, an anesthetic that can stop the heart if swallowed, but did not use child-resistant packaging.
The cream is rubbed into muscles to ease pain and is popular among natural remedy seekers.
But the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which revealed the recall, warned that because of the lidocaine the product must use child-resistant packaging in order to protect children, who may open and consume the cream.
The jars were sold nationwide in Target and Walmart between April 2024 and October 2025. Customers are being told to keep the products out of reach of children and contact the manufacturer to receive child-resistant lids.
The recall was revealed the same day that Feel The Beard Minoxidil Beard Growth Oil for Men, sold for $10 on Amazon, was also recalled over a similar issue.
Officials at the CPSC said 840 1oz dark amber bottles of the China-made product contained minoxidil, which can cause a fatal drop in blood pressure if consumed, but did not use child-resistant packaging.
In the US, minoxidil must also be sold in child-resistant packaging because of the risks posed if the substance is accidentally consumed.
Multiple personal care products sold at Target, Walmart and Amazon have been recalled (stock image)
They include a beard oil containing minoxidil, which can promote hair growth, after it was found to be in non-child-resistant packaging (stock image)
In this recall, customers are being advised to move the beard oil out of reach of children and contact the manufacturer, Feel the Beard, for instructions on how to safely destroy the product and to receive a replacement. The oil was sold nationwide and available from April to September this year.
No injuries or fatalities have been reported in either of the recalls to date, officials said.
It was not clear how the complications with the packaging were detected, but this may have been via an inspection or customers contacting the CPSC to raise concerns.
In both recalls, officials at the CPSC warned: ‘The [product’s] packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.’
Millions of products are sold in child-resistant packaging in the US every year, including all prescription products and many over-the-counter medications.
The Plantimex-manufactured ointment’s bottle has a yellow label on the outside that says Mamisan and indicates that the cream is four percent lidocaine.
Shown above is Mamisan Pain Relieving Ointment that was sold at Walmart and Target. It has been recalled because its packaging is not child-resistant
Shown above is the Feel The Beard Beard Growth Oil. It has also been recalled because it was not sold in child-resistant packaging
It has the UPC code, found on the packaging underneath the barcode, of 860006498115.
The Beard Growth oil’s bottle carries a black label on the outside, and has a logo that reads ‘Feel the Beard’ on the outside.
Customers have not been given a UPC code, but have been told to contact ziyad@feelthebeard.com to ask about how to trash the bottle and to receive instructions for a replacement.
About 60,000 children under five years old are hospitalized in the US every year for poisonings, which include exposure to over-the-counter medications.
About 49 children in this age group die from these poisonings annually.
