Class II · Moderate risk
2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate* Cloth
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Cross-contamination
Traces of another drug - most often penicillin - got into the product from shared equipment or facilities. Even trace penicillin can trigger a severe allergic reaction in someone who was never meant to receive it.
782 FDA drug recalls with this cause, newest first.
Cross-contamination means a product picked up traces of a different drug during manufacturing, repackaging or handling - usually because equipment or a facility was shared. Penicillin is the classic case: it is a potent allergen, so FDA requires it to be made in fully separate facilities, and a single lapse can put every product that passed through the same line on the recall list. Most of these recalls are precautionary sweeps of everything a firm handled during the affected period, which is why one event can add hundreds of entries at once.
- Total recalls
- 782
- Class I (high risk)
- 11
- Currently ongoing
- 24
- Most recent
- Aug 18, 2026
Most-cited firms for this cause
- Attix Pharmaceuticals466
- Sage Products Inc64
- the Compounder47
- Life Science Pharmacy Inc23
- Terra-Medica Inc.22
- South Coast Specialty Compounding, Inc.15
- Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc14
- Alvogen, Inc9
Class I · High risk
Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets USP 5 mg
Cross Contamination with Other Products: Customer complaints for appearance of discolored tablets and red dots observed on Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets USP 5 mg. Determined to be Ranitidine.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets
Cross Contamination with Other Products: due to a potential for cross-contamination with Acemetacin API due to an issue at the API manufacturer.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets
Cross contamination with other products: API contaminated with trace amounts of Acemetacin API.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets
Cross contamination with other products: API contaminated with trace amounts of Acemetacin API.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets
Cross contamination with other products: API contaminated with trace amounts of Acemetacin API.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets
Cross contamination with other products: API contaminated with trace amounts of Acemetacin API.
Class III · Low risk
Primidone Tablets USP
Cross contamination with other products: API contaminated with trace amounts of Acemetacin API.
Class III · Low risk
Bisoprolol Fumarate and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets
Cross Contamination with Other Products: Testing of reserve samples showed presence of traces of ezetimibe
Class III · Low risk
Nebivolol Tablets
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class III · Low risk
TopCare Health 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Cross Contamination with Other Products.
Class III · Low risk
Kroger 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Cross Contamination with Other Products.
Class III · Low risk
Gabapentin Capsules
Cross Contamination
Class III · Low risk
Gabapentin Capsules
Cross Contamination
Class III · Low risk
Micafungin for injection
Cross contamination with other products
Class III · Low risk
Micafungin for injection
Cross contamination with other products
Class III · Low risk
Verapamil Hydrochloride Injection
Cross contamination with other products.
Class III · Low risk
Verapamil Hydrochloride Injection
Cross contamination with other products.
Class III · Low risk
Abilify (aripiprazole)
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class III · Low risk
Abilify (aripiprazole)
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class III · Low risk
Abilify (aripiprazole)
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class III · Low risk
Abilify (aripiprazole)
Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class III · Low risk
Digoxin Tablets
Cross Contamination with Other Products:(mycophenolate mofetil).
Class I · High risk
Brexafemme
Cross Contamination with Other Products: Potential cross-contamination of ibrexafungerp citrate drug substance with ezetimibe (a non-antibacterial beta-lactam compound).
Class III · Low risk
Sabril (vigabatrin)
Cross contamination with other products
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