Recalls / Class II
Class IID-1377-2019
Product
Laxative Suppositories (Bisacodyl USP, 10 mg), a) 12 Suppositories per carton, NDC: 0536-1355-12, b) 100 Suppositories per carton, NDC: 0536-1355-01, Distributed Rugby Laboratories, Livonia, MI 48152.
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot #s: a) 17K009, Exp. 10/2019; 17M028, Exp. 12/2019; 18F003, Exp. 06/2020; 18J022, Exp. 09/2020; 18L012, Exp. 11/2020; 19A008, Exp. 01/2021. b) 17G004; 17G028, Exp. 07/2019; 18A034, Exp. 01/2020; 18C016, Exp. 03/2020; 18E005, Exp. 05/2020; 18F038, Exp. 06/2020; 18G015, Exp. 07/2020; 18H024, Exp. 08/2020; 18K024, Exp. 10/2020; 18L011, Exp. 11/2020; 19A009, Exp. 01/2021; 18D033, Exp. 04/2020; 18E025, Exp. 05/2020.
Why it was recalled
cGMP Deviations: Potential product contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii).
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Torrent Pharma Inc
- Notification channel
- Letter
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 2091 Hartel Ave, N/A, Levittown, Pennsylvania 19057-4506
Distribution
- Quantity
- 120,204 cartons
- Distribution pattern
- Product was distributed to 9 distributors, direct accounts and relabelers who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2019-05-21
- FDA classified
- 2019-06-13
- Posted by FDA
- 2019-06-19
- Terminated
- 2020-10-06
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Drug Enforcement endpoint. Recall record D-1377-2019. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.