Independent register of U.S. FDA drug recalls · updated Oct 10, 2026
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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.

Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 89/11

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0211-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 86/14

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0210-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 83/17

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0209-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0208-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0207-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0206-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0205-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0204-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0203-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0202-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0201-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0200-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0199-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0198-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0197-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0196-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0195-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0194-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0193-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0192-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0191-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 80/20

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0190-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 67/33

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0189-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 50/50

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0188-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

Biest Td 50/50

Recalled products were made using an active ingredient that was recalled by a supplier due to penicillin cross contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination the Compounder D-0187-2016