India, Oct. 30 -- A popular brand of Thai herbal inhalers has been forced to recall a large batch of its products after health authorities found they failed to meet safety standards due to contamination.

According to a report by The Straits Times, Hong Thai Herbal, one of Thailand's best-known manufacturers of yadom - small, portable aromatherapy inhalers - announced the recall after the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detected microbial contamination in one of its batches. The FDA revealed that abnormalities were found in the total microbial, yeasts, mould, and spore-forming bacterium count of the affected batch.

The inhalers, manufactured on December 9, 2024, with an expiry date of December 8, 2027, carried the batch number 00...