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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Drug product

Guaifenesin AC Cough Syrup (Guaifenesin and Codeine Phosphate Oral Solution, USP) 100 mg/10 mg per 5 mL, One Pint (473 mL) bottle, NDC: 16571-302-16, Distributed by Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc., Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

D-1363-2019

May 21, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc
Event
Event 82889
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
233,388 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1363-2019

Official wording

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

Code information: Lot #s: 17H002; 17H005; 17H006; 17H007; 17H026; 17H027, Exp. 08/2019; 17J010; 17J013, Exp. 09/2019; 17K014; 17K015, Exp. 10/2019; 17L015, Exp. 11/2019; 17M026, Exp. 12/2019; 18A028; 18A031, Exp. 01/2020; 18B026, Exp. 02/2020; 18E003, Exp. 05/2020.

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