Consumer product recall

Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit recalled due to lack of child-resistant packaging

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Summary

Product
Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit, G2980C
Issue
Consumer products - Labelling and packaging
What to do

Immediately stop using the recalled product, keep them out of reach of children and contact the place of purchase to have your return processed.

Affected products

This recall involves Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Coating, which is included in Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit, product number G2980C and UPC 070382013486. The G2980C kit is in a yellow and black rectangular box (4.61” x 2.61” x 10.62”), prominently featuring a picture of a headlight on the main display panel. The kit contains Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Coating in a 100 mL amber glass bottle. This bottle has a model number G2402C.

Issue

The recalled product does not meet child-resistant packaging requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Container Regulations, 2001 under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.

The lack of child-resistant packaging could result in unintentional exposure to these products and lead to serious illness, or injury, including death.

As of October 16, 2022, the company has not received any report(s) of consumer incidents or injuries in Canada.

What you should do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product, keep them out of reach of children and contact the place of purchase to have their return processed.

For more information, consumers can contact 3M Canada at 1-800-364-3577, Monday to Friday between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST or visit www.meguiars.ca/3M/en_CA/meguiars-ca/products/consumer-product-recall/.

Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.

Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.

This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.

Additional information

Background

Number Sold

The company reported that 20,668 total kits were shipped to Canada.

Time Period Sold

The affected products were sold from March 2022 to August 2022.

Place of Origin

Manufactured in the United States of America.

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Consumer product recall
Category
Consumer products - Chemicals
Companies

Distributor

3M Canada Company

1840 Oxford Street East

Post Office Box 5790

London, ON N5V 3R6

Importer

3M Canada Company

1840 Oxford Street East

Post Office Box 5790

London, ON N5V 3R6

Manufacturer

Meguiar’s Inc

17991 Mitchell South

Irvine, CA 92614 USA

Published by
Health Canada
Audience
General public
Identification number
RA-72052

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