Class II · Moderate risk
Necon 1/35-28
Cross Contamination With Other Products: The firm recalled Zovia, Lutera, Necon, and Zenchent, because certain lots could potentially be contaminated with trace amounts of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
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
Necon 10/11
Cross Contamination With Other Products: The firm recalled Zovia, Lutera, Necon, and Zenchent, because certain lots could potentially be contaminated with trace amounts of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Class II · Moderate risk
Zenchent (norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol)
Cross Contamination With Other Products: The firm recalled Zovia, Lutera, Necon, and Zenchent, because certain lots could potentially be contaminated with trace amounts of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Class II · Moderate risk
Lutera (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol)
Cross Contamination With Other Products: The firm recalled Zovia, Lutera, Necon, and Zenchent, because certain lots could potentially be contaminated with trace amounts of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Class II · Moderate risk
Zovia (ethynodiol diacetate and ethinyl estradiol)
Cross Contamination With Other Products: The firm recalled Zovia, Lutera, Necon, and Zenchent, because certain lots could potentially be contaminated with trace amounts of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Class II · Moderate risk
Doxazosin Tablets
Cross Contamination w/Other Products: During stability testing chromatographic review revealed extraneous peaks identified as acetaminophen and codeine.
Class II · Moderate risk
Estradiol Hemihydrate M20 EP/USP Powder
Cross Contamination w/Other Products: This active pharmaceutical ingredient is being recalled due to cross contamination with another product.
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