A chemical that should not be there - benzene, methanol, lead - or an undeclared prescription drug hidden in a supplement. The label gives no warning: you may be taking a toxic solvent, a heavy metal, or a drug such as sildenafil that interacts with your other medicines.
709 FDA drug recalls with this cause, newest first.
This category covers two things the label never mentions. One is chemical contamination: benzene in sunscreens and hand sanitizers, methanol in sanitizer, lead or other heavy metals in a finished product. The other is a 'supplement' that secretly contains a prescription drug - sildenafil, tadalafil, sibutramine, phenolphthalein - so that it appears to work, at the cost of dangerous interactions the buyer cannot anticipate. A large share of these recalls are Class I, because the hidden ingredient is the whole risk.
CGMP Deviations: recalled because it was manufactured in the same facility as the product found to contain methanol which represents poor Current Good Manufacturing Practices.
CGMP Deviations: recalled because it was manufactured in the same facility as the product found to contain methanol which represents poor Current Good Manufacturing Practices.
CGMP Deviations: recalled because it was manufactured in the same facility as the product found to contain methanol which represents poor Current Good Manufacturing Practices.
CGMP Deviations: recalled because it was manufactured in the same facility as the product found to contain methanol which represents poor Current Good Manufacturing Practices.
CGMP Deviations: recalled because it was manufactured in the same facility as the product found to contain methanol which represents poor Current Good Manufacturing Practices.
CGMP Deviations: Products manufactured at the same site were FDA testing found below the label claim for ethanol content and the presence of undeclared methanol.
Chemical Contamination: Product contains methanol.
Chemical Contamination: Presence of Undeclared Methanol
CGMP Deviations: Product was found to be below the label claim for ethanol content and the presence of undeclared methanol.
Chemical Contamination: Product contains undeclared methanol.
Chemical Contamination: Product contains undeclared methanol.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
Chemical contamination: product contains elevated levels of undeclared lead.
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