Recalls / Class III
Class IIID-907-2013
Product
Maalox, Regular Strength Antacid (calcium carbonate) chewable tablets, 600 mg, Wintergreen flavor, 50-count tablets per bottle, Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc., Mississauga, ON L5N 2X7, foreign labeling containing English and French, NPN 02238290, UPC 0 58478 44824 4.
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot #: 10095534, Exp 07/13; 10114311, Exp 04/14
Why it was recalled
Labeling: Incorrect Or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date: The lot number and/or expiration date may be illegible on the outer plastic bottle packaging.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Novartis Consumer Health
- Notification channel
- Letter
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 10401 Hwy 6, N/A, Lincoln, Nebraska 68517-9626
Distribution
- Quantity
- 46,680 bottles
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide, Canada, and Panama.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2013-08-06
- FDA classified
- 2013-08-20
- Posted by FDA
- 2013-08-28
- Terminated
- 2014-11-04
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Drug Enforcement endpoint. Recall record D-907-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.