Product Recall: Personal Cleansing Products under brand names Caremore, CCN/Medirite, CHL, Countrywide, Fairfield and Fittleworth

Product recall for personal cleansing products manufactured by Vernacare and sold under brand names Caremore, CCN/Medirite, CHL, Countrywide, Fairfield and Fittleworth presenting a microbiological risk due to contamination with the bacterial Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.

Summary

Product: Personal cleansing products (wet wipes) manufactured by Vernacare under the brand names Caremore, Countrywide, Fairfield, CHL, Fittleworth, CCN and Medirite.

Hazard: The product presents a microbiological risk due to contamination with the bacteria Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.

Corrective action: The products have been recalled from end users.

Product information

Brand Product Name Models PSD Case Number Link to Recall Alert PDF
Caremore Wet Wipes CMW100 2207-0016 Link to PDF
CCN/Medirite Wet Wipe PH010N, PH010NN 2207-0042 Link to PDF
CHL (Care Home Life) Large Wet Wipes PWIP0049 2206-0467 Link to PDF
Countrywide Patient Cleansing Wipes (Moist Handi Wipes, Handy Wipe, Wet Wipe, Large Moist Body Wipes) NE0545, NE0505N, NE0546N, NE0546 2207-0047 Link to PDF
Fairfield Wet Wipes and Moist Patient Wipes GNC31W and GNC31WN 2207-0048 Link to PDF
Fittleworth Complementary Cleansing Wet Wipes FWW030, FWW030N 2206-0446 Link to PDF

Hazard

The products present a risk of microbiological contamination due to the detection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, which can cause infections in humans.

The products do not meet the requirements of the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013.

Corrective action

This recall is an expansion of the existing Vernacare personal cleansing products recall. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-vernacare-wetwipes-and-personal-cleansing-products-2204-0166.

Distributors and consumers in possession of these products should not use them and should return them to Vernacare. Vernacare’s press release, including instructions on how to return the product, can be found at the following link: https://www.vernacare.com/news-hub/news/Vernacare-issues-voluntary-recall-across-all-cosmetic-products.

Additional information

PSD case numbers: 2207-0016, 2207-0042, 2206-0467, 2207-0047, 2207-0048 and 2206-0446

Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards / Office for Product Safety and Standards

Updates to this page

Published 5 July 2022