{"id":236520,"date":"2022-09-08T10:47:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/tiger-brands-recalls-purity-essentials-baby-powder-products\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:47:14","slug":"tiger-brands-recalls-purity-essentials-baby-powder-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tiger-brands-recalls-purity-essentials-baby-powder-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Brands recalls Purity Essentials Baby Powder products"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202209\/babypowder.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Tiger Brands is recalling Purity Essentials Baby Powder products as a precautionary measure after trace levels of asbestos were detected in test samples.<\/p>\n<p>The test samples were from a batch of pharmaceutical-grade talc powder used as raw material in the production of finished powder products.<\/p>\n<p>The batch of raw material with the detected trace levels of asbestos does not meet the company\u2019s strict quality and safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>Products forming part of the recall include the 100g, 200g and 400g pack sizes of Purity Essentials Baby Powder.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the company said the recall does not affect Purity Essentials Baby Cornstarch Powder or any other Baby Care products under the Purity brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage you to return your Purity Essentials Baby Powder products to your nearest supermarket, wholesaler or pharmacy outlet that stocks the product for a cash refund or coupon from 8 September 2022,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purity.co.za\">www.purity.co.za<\/a> or contact the consumer careline on 0860 004 755 at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:tigercsd@tigerbrands.com\">tigercsd@tigerbrands.com<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Brands is recalling Purity Essentials Baby Powder products as a precautionary measure after trace levels of asbestos were detected in test samples. The test samples were from a batch of pharmaceutical-grade talc powder used as raw material in the production of finished powder products. The batch of raw material with the detected trace levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-236520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tiger-brands-recalls-purity-essentials-baby-powder-products.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}