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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Drug product

Anu-Med brand of Hemorrhoidal Suppositories (Phenylephrine HCl 0.25%; Hard Fat 88.7%), 12 suppositories per carton, NDC: 0904-7688-22, Distributed by Major Pharmaceuticals, Livonia MI 48152.

D-1379-2019

May 21, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc
Event
Event 82889
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
177,408 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1379-2019

Official wording

Reason: cGMP Deviations: Potential product contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii).

Code information: Lot #s: 17L008, Exp. 05/2019; 17M011; 17M037, Exp. 06/2019; 18A015, Exp. 07/2019; 18B012; 18B023, Exp. 08/2019; 18K023; 18K029, Exp. 04/2020; 18L014, Exp. 05/2020; 19A001, Exp. 06/2020.

Distribution pattern: Product was distributed to 9 distributors, direct accounts and relabelers who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.

Derived failure modes

  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    cGMP Deviations
  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia