CVS Recalls Its Reusable Bags, Too

November 30, 2010

CVS Caremark Corp. has recalled its line of 99-cent green reusable bags after tests found they contained elevated levels of lead.

cvs logo The action by CVS, and Winn-Dixie two weeks ago, stems from a Tampa Tribune investigation that found several grocery stores were selling bags with levels of lead that could require hazardous waste handling when discarded.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission currently allows 300 parts per million of lead in products, but that threshold will fall to 100 in August. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not allow products with more than 100 part per million to be sent to landfills. Some bags in the Tampa Tribune investigate had as much as 194 part per million of lead.

CVS officials admitted lead levels in their green mesh bags exceeded 100 parts per million, but declined to reveals the actual figure.

“There is no evidence that the use of this bag is harmful to consumers,” CVS said in a statement to the Tribune. “It is being voluntarily recalled as a matter of precaution.”

CVS and Winn-Dixie are issuing full refunds to customers concerned about continued use of the bags.

Keywords: private label shopping bags, reusable shopping bags

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