Class 2 Drug Alert (Action within 48 hours): Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd - Gaviscon Advance Peppermint Flavour - EL(09)A/29

13th November 2009 - Reckitt Benckiser is carrying out a precautionary medicine recall at wholesale and pharmacy level on two batches of 500ml bottles of Gaviscon Advance Peppermint Flavour, as low-level bacterial contamination has been found in one of the batches.

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