Class II · Moderate risk
Famotidine Injection in Sodium Chloride Injection
CGMP Deviations
Famotidine tablets
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Firm did not adequately investigate customer complaints.
Cause type: cGMP deviation
Departures from current Good Manufacturing Practice found in production or during FDA inspection. A broad quality-system cause: the batch was made under conditions that fall short of FDA manufacturing standards. All cgmp deviation recalls.
What was recalled
Famotidine tablets, USP 20mg, packaged in 10-count blisters (NDC 68084-172-11); 10 blister packs per carton (NDC 68084-172-01); Rx only, Manufactured by: Wockhardt Limited, Mumbai, India, Distributed by: Wockhardt, USA, LLC 20 Waterview Blvd. Parsippany, NJ 07054 USA for American Health Packaging 2550-A John Glenn Avenue, Columbus, OH 43217.
Affected NDCs
68084-0172-01
68084-0172-11
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Drug: Famotidine Category: Heartburn & Stomach Medication
- Recalling firm
- American Health Packaging
- NDC code
- 68084-172-11
- Origin
- OH, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-1225-2015 · FDA notice
Check, then ask. Class II means harm is possible but usually temporary or reversible. Find the lot number on your package; if it matches, ask your pharmacist about a replacement. Do not simply stop a prescribed medication on your own - the gap can be riskier than the recall. This recall is now terminated, which means the firm has finished removing the affected product; anything on pharmacy shelves today should be unaffected.
Other Famotidine recalls
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Class I · High risk
Famotidine Injection
Microbial Contamination of Sterile Products; out of limit results obtained for endotoxin testing.
Class II · Moderate risk
Ibuprofen and Famotidine Tablets 800mg/26.6mg
Presence of Foreign Tablet/Capsule: A stray Rasagiline Mesylate 1 mg tablet was discovered in an unopened bottle of Ibuprofen and Famotidine.
Class II · Moderate risk
Famotidine Tablets
Labeling: Label Error on Declared Strength: some cartons labeled and containing 20 mg may have an external label placed on the side of the carton indicating strength as 10 mg.
Class II · Moderate risk
Famotidine Tablets USP 40mg
Presence of foreign tablets/capsules: Famotidine 20mg and ibuprofen 400mg tablets were found in a lot of famotidine 40mg.
Other recalls by American Health Packaging
All 2015 recalls
Class III · Low risk
Buprenorphine Sublingual Tablets
Labeling: Label Mix-up
Class III · Low risk
Nitrofurantoin Capsules
Failed Dissolution Specifications: Nitrofurantoin Capsules recalled due to dissolution failure at 0-time of the repackaged lot. Drug release results were above specification at 0-time.
Class III · Low risk
Cyanocobalamin Injection
Subpotent Drug: Out of specification for assay.
Class II · Moderate risk
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Oral Solution
Impurity failure at 0-time of the repackaged lot.
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