Kimberly-Clark recalled some Cottonelle Flushable Wipes due to a risk of bacterial contamination that could lead to infections.
The recalled wipes may contain Pluralibacter gergovaie, which is a common type of household bacteria that can potentially cause infections, especially in people with vulnerable immune systems.
Kimberly-Clark said “there is a low rate of non-serious complaints, such as irritation and minor infection” linked to the recalled wipes.
The recall includes certain lots of Cottonelle® Flushable Wipes and Cottonelle® GentlePlus Flushable Wipes that were manufactured between February 7, 2020 and September 14, 2020.
The recalled products include the 10-pack of flushable wipes sold at Costco stores in Canada (Costco Item 2095369).
According to the recall statement from Kimberly-Clark,”Individuals who have a weakened immune system, suffer from serious pre-existing conditions, have been treated surgically, or belong to another sensitive group of persons are at particular risk of infection.”
For more information, contact Kimberly-Clark’s Consumer Service team via ‘Contact Us’ or at 1-800-414-0165 regarding this recall.
Source: Cottonelle flushable wipes sold at Costco recalled for potential bacterial contamination
Please advise me if the lot # BI010105X-02 5:47 is part of the recall.
I bought Cottonelle from Amazon. They notified me Saturday October 10 that you had a recall. I tried to call the phone number 18004140165 about six times and it would hang up. I tried to send message on your website and it would not send. At this moment I have been waiting on hold for about 50 minutes. This does not look good for your company. This is your mistake . Betty Shown #############
Connect me now I am sick of your run around Betty Shown #############
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Betty, the Daily Hornet is an independent news organization, reporting on this issue, not the manufacturer of this product. Here is a link to the manufacturers website: https://www.cottonelle.com/en-us/recallfaq. Please contact them for additional information. Thanks for reading the Daily Hornet!
I have been using your recalled product and recently was treated with antibiotics for a urinary tract infection and have been told to see a urologist for blood in my urine over several months. I have type 2 diabetes. I am beginning to think that my bladder irritation and UTI may have been caused by your product.
I TOO have been diagnosed with a bacterial UTI, been using these wipes all year! The UTI won’t go away and I am being referred to an infectious disease doctor! I definitely think it’s from this product!
I started using the wipes during Covid 19 and was constantly experiencing burning, itching, and redness which gave me a bad infection(with an odor) in which i took antibotics for 7 days to clear up
I too had been battling with UTI all of this year. And then after I stopped using the wipes, and took antibiotics for the last time’ I’m feeling better. You can contact me at #############@outlook.com.
Tina, the Daily Hornet is an independent news organization, reporting on this issue, not the manufacturer of this product. Here is a link to the manufacturers website: https://www.cottonelle.com/en-us/recallfaq. Please contact them for additional information. Thanks for reading the Daily Hornet!
I have had 4 UTIs since we have used this I was prone even before one after another there is an issue here I have $300 in medical bills!
I have had issues ever since we started using your flushable wipes I have had about maybe 12 UTI’s in a year I had to see a urologist that could find nothing wrong i just got of off antibiotics and still think I have one this is ridiculous I’m switching to toilet paper you have ruined my life! Ok