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

The product was stored or shipped outside its labeled temperature range. Heat or freezing can degrade a drug without any visible change, so it may be weaker than labeled.

569 FDA drug recalls with this cause, newest first.

Vaccines, insulin, many injectables and some tablets must stay within a narrow temperature band from factory to pharmacy. A truck without working refrigeration, a freezer failure or a warehouse heatwave is enough: the product looks normal but may have lost potency or formed degradation products. FDA files these under 'CGMP deviations' or 'temperature abuse'; we track them separately because the question to ask - how was my medication stored? - is different from every other cause.

Class II · Moderate risk

Trelegy Ellipta

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 0173-0887-10 D-0482-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Trelegy Ellipta

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. D-0481-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Arnuity Ellipta

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 0173-0876-10 D-0480-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

cathflo activase

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 50242-041-64 D-0476-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Narcan (naloxone HCl)

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 69547-353-02 D-0473-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Banzel (rufinamide)

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 62856-582-52 D-0472-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Phenobarbital Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 13517-111-01 D-0470-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Benicar 40mg 30

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. D-0468-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Nadolol Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 69097-868-07 D-0464-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Meloxicam Tablets

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. NDC 69097-158-07 D-0463-2021
Class II · Moderate risk

Pravachol 40mg 90

CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.

Terminated Temperature excursion Cardinal Health Inc. D-0460-2021