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.
Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found this product to be tainted with undeclared tadalafil, an ingredient found in FDA approved products for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this drug an unapproved drug.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: Products contain undeclared sildenafil.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: Products contain undeclared sildenafil.
Chemical Contamination; presence of benzene.
Chemical Contamination: presence of benzene
Marketed without an approved NDA/ANDA: Magnum XXL found to contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) - Sildenafil.
Chemical Contamination; presence of benzene.
MARKETED WITHOUT AN APPROVED NDA/ANDA: Product found to be tainted with metformin and glyburide
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: products found to contain undeclared diclofenac.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: products found to contain undeclared diclofenac.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: products found to contain undeclared diclofenac.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found the product to be tainted with Sildenafil an ingredient found in an FDA approved product for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Incorrect/Undeclared Excipients.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found the product to be tainted with sildenafil, an ingredient found in a FDA approved product for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Marketed Without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found the product to be tainted with sildenafil an ingredient found in a FDA approved product for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil, ingredients found in FDA approved products for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil, ingredients found in FDA approved products for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil, ingredients found in FDA approved products for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
Chemical Contamination: FDA testing found Presence of methanol
Chemical Contamination: FDA testing found Presence of methanol
CGMP deficiencies: Product manufactured at the same site where FDA testing found Presence of methanol in other products.
Chemical Contamination: FDA analysis found the product to contain methanol, acetaldehyde, and acetal above the limits.
Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis found the product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil, ingredients found in FDA approved products for the treatment of male sexual enhancement, making this an unapproved drug.
CGMP Deviations: Other lots of hand sanitizer are being recalled because they were manufactured under the same conditions as the product lot found to contain methanol.
Chemical Contamination: FDA analysis found 1 lot of Adam's Polishes ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZER isopropyl alcohol 75% v/v to contain methanol.
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