India, June 19 -- Medtech Products Inc., affiliated to Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc., is recalling five lots of Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup citing microbial contamination and loss of shelf-stability, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The recalled product has the presence of Bacillus cereus or B. cereus, which can cause two types of food-borne illnesses. After eating or drinking contaminated food, the first type causes nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps within 1 to 6 hours, while the second type causes stomach cramps and diarrhea within 8 to 16 hours.
Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term illness, exposure to high levels of foodborne B. cereus can cause death.
However, the company has not re...