Health Canada has issued a recall for L’il Critters Vitamin D3 gummies as well as Vitafusion Adult Gummy Vitamins after new tests concluded that the products contain a higher amount of vitamin D than listed on the label.
L’il Critters manufacturer, Church & Dwight Canada Corp., conducted its own tests and found the vitamin D levels to be four times the amount on the label, surpassing the “tolerable upper intake” for children eight years of age and younger.
Health Canada stated that, “Excessive intake of vitamin D for children under eight years of age can lead to vitamin D ‘intoxication,’ which can cause headache, nausea, vomiting, constipation, lack of appetite, irritability, dehydration, fatigue and weight loss.”
The levels of Vitamin D found in Vitafusion Calcium Adult Gummy Vitamins are higher than the label indicates and more than the daily tolerable intake for adults, including pregnant women who are not to intake more than 4,000IU of the vitamin per day.
Health Canada has asked any consumers that have experience adverse reactions to these products to contact their agency and that it is “monitoring the recall and any necessary corrective and preventative actions taken by Church & Dwight Canada Corp.”
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