US Company Recalls 40,000 Bottles of Eye Drops
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A company is taking eye drops off store shelves in the US.
The company is called Prestige Brand Holdings. It makes Clear Eyes eye drops.
Nearly 40,000 bottles are part of this recall.
A recall means a company takes back a product because of a problem.
The FDA said there could be a problem with the eye drops.
The FDA is the US agency that checks medicine and food.
The problem is about sterility. Sterility means a product is clean and has no germs.
The eye drops may not be sterile. This could make them unsafe.
Prestige Brand Holdings is based in Tarrytown, in the US.
The company chose to do this recall itself. This is called a voluntary recall.
This means no one forced them. They did it to keep people safe.
People who bought these eye drops should check their bottles.
Vocabulary15 words
- recall
- when a company takes back a product with a problem
- sterility
- being very clean, with no germs
- voluntary recall
- when a company decides itself to take back a product
- FDA
- the US government group that checks if medicine is safe
- contamination
- when something dirty or unsafe gets into a product
- eye drops
- liquid medicine you put in your eyes
- batch
- a group of products made together
- bottle
- a small container for liquid
- product
- something a company makes and sells
- based
- having a main office in a place
- agency
- a government group with a special job
- alert
- a warning about a problem
- germs
- very small things that can make people sick
- medicine
- something that helps sick people get better
- unsafe
- not safe; could hurt you
Quiz
Answer key
1. Eye drops 2. There are concerns about sterility 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A company is taking _____ off store shelves in the US.
The company is called Prestige Brand Holdings. It makes Clear Eyes _____.
Nearly 40,000 bottles are part of this _____.
A recall means a company takes back a product because of a _____.
The _____ said there could be a problem with the eye drops.
The problem is about _____. Sterility means a product is clean and has no germs.
The eye drops may not be sterile. This could make them _____.
Prestige Brand Holdings is _____ in Tarrytown, in the US.
The company chose to do this recall itself. This is called a _____ recall.
People who bought these eye drops should check their _____.
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