A recall of hundreds of cases of hand soap products has now been labeled a Class II recall, meaning it can have “adverse health consequences,” according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The recall of six hand soap products was issued by St. Louis-based Intercon Chemical Co. in June and recently categorized by the FDA.
The recall was issued due to potential bacterial contamination. It included the following products:
Intercon Foaming Pear Hand Soap With Aloe, 28.7 fl. oz., Manufactured for: Intercon Chemical Company 1100 Central Industrial Drive St. Louis MO 63110, UPC 789745002981 Clearly Better by Intercon Foaming Pear Hand Soap With Aloe, 1000mL (34 fl. oz.), Manufactured for: Intercon Chemical Company 1100 Central Industrial Drive St. Louis MO 63110, UPC 789745002615 Summit 150 Foaming Hand Soap, 28.7 fl. oz., Manufactured for: R.I. Williams Company 409 Thornburg Drive SE Conover, NC 28613, UPC 810080570030 Vestis Foaming Hand Soap, Fresh Pear Scent, 33.8 fl. oz., Distributed by: Vestis 1035 Alpharetta Street Suite 2100 Roswell, GA 30075, UPC 810080570405 Laura Lynn honey apple crisp Liquid Hand Soap, 8 fl. oz., Distributed by: Ingles Markets, Inc Asheville, NC 28816, UPC 086854074305 Laura Lynn Foaming pear scent Hand Soap with Moisturizers, 7.5 fl. oz., Distributed by: Ingles Markets, Inc Asheville, NC 28816, UPC 08685407408The items were distributed in 16 states – including Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa in the Midwest – and sent to wholesalers and at least one retail location, though the alert did not specify where.
A Class II categorization means “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” according to the FDA.
While most of the products were recalled for “potential bacterial contamination,” two of the items specifically noted a series of bacterium, including “pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas monteilii, Serratia marcescens and Serratia nematodiphila.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsaid pseudomonas aeruginosa infections “typically occur in healthcare settings” and “can be resistant to antibiotics, making these infections difficult to treat.”
Meanwhile, serratia marcescens is more often linked to infections like UTIs and pneumonia.
“You’re at higher risk for infection if you’re in the hospital or at a long-term care facility, have a weakened immune system or a medical device in your body,” the Cleveland Clinic reports, noting this strain can also be “hard to treat because it’s often resistant to many antibiotics.”
The recall comes less than a year after a massive hand soap recall that impacted several products sold nationwide over concerns that using them could result in “serious and life-threatening infections” like sepsis.
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