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Effective November 9, 2011, Kimberly-Clark announced a product recall of a limited number of its Kotex Natural Balance* Security® Unscented Tampons Regular Absorbency distributed to specific stores in the United States. This recall is limited to two product SKUs (carton codes), 15063 (18 count) and 15068 (36 count). The tampons were manufactured with a raw material contaminated with a bacterium, Enterobacter sakazakii, which may cause health risks, including vaginal infections, urinary tract infections (UTIs), pelvic inflammatory disease or infections that can be life-threatening.
Recall-Kotex Natural Balance* Security® Unscented Tampons
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Um, glad they caught it. Thats just strange!
Yikes!
I just requested a sample of these…
How does this happen? Gross.
Two words you never want to hear together in a sentence: tampons and bacteria…bleh.