Recalls / Class II
Class IID-1378-2019
Product
Hemorrhoidal Suppositories (Phenylephrine HCl 0.25%; Hard Fat 88.7%), 12 Rectal Suppositories per carton, NDC: 0536-1389-12, Distributed by Rugby Laboratories, Livonia MI 48152 USA.
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot #s: 17L008, Exp. 05/2019; 17M019; 17M037, Exp. 06/2019; 18B012; 18K023, Exp. 04/2020.
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
- 82,872 bottles
- 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-1378-2019. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.