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

Alprazolam Tab

CGMP Deviations: Downstream recall from Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc due to potential risk of Cross Contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NDC 68788-7596-3 D-0506-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tab

CGMP Deviations: Downstream recall from Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc due to potential risk of Cross Contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NDC 68788-7595-3 D-0505-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tab

CGMP Deviations: Downstream recall from Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc due to potential risk of Cross Contamination.

Terminated Cross-contamination Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NDC 68788-7594-3 D-0504-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam C-IV

CGMP Deviations: Repackaging firm recalling due to potential product cross contamination concerns at the manufacturer.

Ongoing Cross-contamination Direct Rx NDC 72189-121-60 D-0509-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam C-IV

CGMP Deviations: Repackaging firm recalling due to potential product cross contamination concerns at the manufacturer.

Ongoing Cross-contamination Direct Rx NDC 72189-213-30 D-0508-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam C-IV

CGMP Deviations: Repackaging firm recalling due to potential product cross contamination concerns at the manufacturer.

Ongoing Cross-contamination Direct Rx NDC 72189-0240-30 D-0507-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Clobazam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-901-01 D-0463-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Clobazam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-900-01 D-0462-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-0707-01 D-0461-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-0706-01 D-0460-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-0705-01 D-0459-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Potential risk of Cross Contamination

Terminated Cross-contamination Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc NDC 51991-0704-01 D-0458-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

PF-Labetalol HCl Injection

CGMP Deviations: Potential for cross contamination due to product carry over.

Terminated Cross-contamination Nephron Sterile Compounding Center LLC NDC 69374-946-34 D-0064-2023
Class II · Moderate risk

PF-Labetalol HCl Injection

CGMP Deviations: Potential for cross-contamination due to product carryover during manufacturing.

Terminated Cross-contamination Nephron Sterile Compounding Center LLC NDC 69374-946-34 D-1347-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

PF-0.125% Bupivacaine HCl Injection

CGMP Deviations: Potential for cross-contamination due to product carryover during manufacturing.

Terminated Cross-contamination Nephron Sterile Compounding Center LLC NDC 69374-970-05 D-1346-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Trisodium Citrate 0.5% Solution

CGMP Deviations: Potential for cross-contamination due to product carryover during manufacturing.

Terminated Cross-contamination Nephron Sterile Compounding Center LLC NDC 69374-910-04 D-1345-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam C-IV 2 mg

CGMP Deviations: The Recall is due to the potential cross-contamination at the contract manufacturer (Ultra Tab Laboratories Inc.)

Terminated Cross-contamination Direct Rx NDC 72189-0058-60 D-0651-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Alprazolam Tablets

CGMP Deviation: Potential cross-contamination with other drug substance during the manufacturing process.

Terminated Cross-contamination Golden State Medical Supply Inc. NDC 60429-504-18 D-0654-2022