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

Gastrografin

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 0270-0445-35 D-1086-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

E-Z-Gas II

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 0270-9020-01 D-1085-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Transderm Scop

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 10019-553-03 D-1083-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Proair

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 59310-579-22 D-1076-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Mupirocin Ointment

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 0093-1010-42 D-1075-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Lidocaine Patch 5%

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 0591-3525-30 D-1068-2022
Class II · Moderate risk

Ketoconazole Cream

cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse

Terminated Temperature excursion Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office NDC 0168-0099-60 D-1065-2022