The affected product is also a six-ounce bottle of the Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Spray SPF 30. 27, the company expanded its advisory to include one additional batch of impacted products with the lot code 20301CF and an expiration date of September. The lot codes for those recalled products were 20016AF, 20084BF and 21139AF. The original recalled batches had expiration dates of December 2022, February 2023 and April 2024, and were all six-ounce sizes of the product. The company in late July of last year identified three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 with “trace levels of benzene” following an internal review, noting that the company does not use the chemical in its products, but that a review showed the “unexpected levels of benzene came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can.” Individuals who breathe in high levels of benzene may experience symptoms including drowsiness, dizziness, a rapid heartbeat, headaches, tremors, confusion and unconsciousness.27, the company expanded its advisory to include one additional batch of impacted products with the lot code 20301CF and an expiration date of September The company in late July of last year identified three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 with “trace levels of benzene”.Edgewell Personal Care Company late last week expanded a previous recall of Banana Boat sunscreen due to traces of benzene.Banana Boat also announced that they are offering reimbursement for consumers who have purchased a product marked with one of the lot of codes, which is on the bottom of the cans. The FDA recommends that buyers of Banana Boat’s Hair and Scalp sunscreen should “stop using the affected product immediately and appropriately discard.”Ĭonsumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Edgewell Personal Care at 1-88 or visit more information. No other batches made before or after those expiration dates listed were affected, according to the FDA release, and no other Banana Boat sunscreen is subject to the recall. The FDA assured that the levels found in the defective sunscreen “would not be expected to cause adverse heath consequences.” Edgewell Personal Care/FDA Banana Boat said it will also offer reimbursement to consumers who bought the recalled products. The recalled products have expiration dates of December 2022, February 2023 and April 2024, the company said. The Shelton, Connecticut-based company claimed in the Friday release that it “has not received any adverse events related to this recall” and that “daily exposure to benzene in the recalled products would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences.” “While benzene is not an ingredient in any Banana Boat products, the review showed that unexpected levels of benzene came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can,” the company said. Banana Boat is recalling three batches of its “hair and scalp” sunscreen after tests found that the product contains trace amounts of cancer-causing chemical benzene, the manufacturer said in an announcement submitted to the Federal Drug Administration.Įxposure to benzene through skin contact, inhalation and by mouth has been linked to cancer such as leukemia, Fox Business reported.
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