Salmonella Prompts Sedona Labs to Recall Kids Probiotic

COTTONWOOD, Ariz.Sedona Labs recalled certain lots of its iFlora® Kids Multi-Probiotic® after its supplier recalled its galactooligosaccharide (GOS) ingredient due to possible salmonella contamination.

FDA said customers possessing these products should immediately discontinue their use. Any consumers who wish to return iFlora® Kids Multi-Probiotic® may return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund.

To date, no illnesses have been reported in connection with the iFlora Kids Multi-Probiotic.

iFlora Kids Multi-Probiotic was sold throughout the United States to health food stores and Internet retailers and sold via health care professionals.

Sedona Labs is recalling the following lots, which were distributed between March 16, 2011, and May 3, 2012:

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

Last week, salmonella risk caused Standard Process to recall three of its supplements.

Sedona Labs is a subsidiary of Nutri-Health Supplements LLC, a wholly owned division of Atrium Innovations Inc. (TSX: ATB), a globally recognized leader in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative, science-based dietary supplements available mainly through healthcare practitioners and health food and specialized stores. Atrium has over 1,100 employees and operates eight manufacturing facilities.