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OTTAWA - Health Canada is telling parents not to use two natural products for treating upset stomachs in infants and children because of potential bacterial contamination.
Baby's Bliss Gripe Water, apple flavour, 26952V, is a natural health product given to babies to "ease stomach discomfort and gas often associated with colic, hiccups and teething," Health Canada said in an alert to consumers.
The product is distributed by MOM Enterprises, Inc. in California and is sold in a 118.26 millilitre plastic bottle in a cardboard carton. The label reads: Baby's Bliss Pediatrician Recommended Gripe Water Apple Flavor.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the product contains the parasite cryptosporidium which can infect the gastrointestinal tract. "Infections due to cryptosporidium may cause watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and, in some cases, death," Health Canada said.
It is also warning consumers not to use Zhong Ti Xiao Er Jian Pi San, batch number JPS0704 due to bacterial contamination. This product is manufactured by MOH Pharmaceutical Technologies in Malaysia and distributed in Singapore by Chung Kuo Refined Chinese Medicine Dealers Ltd.
Health Canada said this is a also a natural health product used to treat upset stomachs and digestive problems in children. It comes in powder form in a 20 gram pack.
"(Bacterial) contamination of health products can pose a risk to human health and may cause a variety of adverse effects, including bacterial infection. The product is promoted for use in children, who may be at higher risk of adverse effects, compared with other populations, due to their immature immune systems," Health Canada warned.
Neither of these products are authorized to be sold in Canada and have not been found in the Canadian marketplace.
However, Health Canada said the product could be purchased by Canadians travelling abroad, over the Internet or brought into Canada by travellers.
Drugs and natural health products that are authorized for sale in Canada will have either an eight-digit drug identification number (DIN), a natural product number (NPN) or a homeopathic medicine number (DIN-HM) on the label.
OTTAWA - Health Canada is telling parents not to use two natural products for treating upset stomachs in infants and children because of potential bacterial contamination.
Baby's Bliss Gripe Water, apple flavour, 26952V, is a natural health product given to babies to "ease stomach discomfort and gas often associated with colic, hiccups and teething," Health Canada said in an alert to consumers.
The product is distributed by MOM Enterprises, Inc. in California and is sold in a 118.26 millilitre plastic bottle in a cardboard carton. The label reads: Baby's Bliss Pediatrician Recommended Gripe Water Apple Flavor.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the product contains the parasite cryptosporidium which can infect the gastrointestinal tract. "Infections due to cryptosporidium may cause watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and, in some cases, death," Health Canada said.
It is also warning consumers not to use Zhong Ti Xiao Er Jian Pi San, batch number JPS0704 due to bacterial contamination. This product is manufactured by MOH Pharmaceutical Technologies in Malaysia and distributed in Singapore by Chung Kuo Refined Chinese Medicine Dealers Ltd.
Health Canada said this is a also a natural health product used to treat upset stomachs and digestive problems in children. It comes in powder form in a 20 gram pack.
"(Bacterial) contamination of health products can pose a risk to human health and may cause a variety of adverse effects, including bacterial infection. The product is promoted for use in children, who may be at higher risk of adverse effects, compared with other populations, due to their immature immune systems," Health Canada warned.
Neither of these products are authorized to be sold in Canada and have not been found in the Canadian marketplace.
However, Health Canada said the product could be purchased by Canadians travelling abroad, over the Internet or brought into Canada by travellers.
Drugs and natural health products that are authorized for sale in Canada will have either an eight-digit drug identification number (DIN), a natural product number (NPN) or a homeopathic medicine number (DIN-HM) on the label.
