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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Drug product

Lactulose Solution, USP 10 g/15 mL, For Oral Administration, Rx Only, a) 16 FL. oz., NDC: 13668-580-10, b) 32 FL. oz., NDC: 13668-580-12, Manufactured by Bio-Pharm Inc., Levittown PA 19057, Manufactured for Torrent Pharma Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.

D-1372-2019

May 21, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc
Event
Event 82889
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
96,060 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1372-2019

Official wording

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

Code information: Lot #s: a) 18K025; 18K027, Exp. 10/2020; 18L001; 18L006; 18L007, Exp. 11/2020; 18M013, Exp. 12/2020; 19A006, Exp. 01/2021. b) 18K027, Exp. 10/2020; 19A006, Exp. 01/2021.

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