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Drug product

Phenobarbital Oral Solution, USP, 20 mg per 5 mL, Rx Only, One Pint (473 mL) bottle, NDC:16571-330-16, Manufactured by Bio-Pharm Inc., Levittown, PA 10957, Distributed by Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc., Saddle Brook, NJ 07663.

D-1365-2019

May 21, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc
Event
Event 82889
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
148,440 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1365-2019

Official wording

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

Code information: Lot #s: 17E007, Exp. 05/2019; 17F026, Exp. 06/2019; 17G015, Exp. 07/2019; 17K002; 17K026, Exp. 10/2019; 17M002, Exp. 12/2019; 18C020, Exp. 03/2020; 18D023, Exp. 04/2020; 18F009, Exp. 06/2020; 18K030, Exp. 10/2020.

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