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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Drug product

Metformin HCl Extended-Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg, packaged in 500-count bottles, Rx only, Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Cranbury, NJ 08512, Manufactured by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Halol-Baroda Highway, Halol-389 350, Gujarat, India, NDC 62756-142-02.

D-0372-2021

May 04, 2021

Class II

Product summary

Firm
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC
Event
Event 87869
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
50868 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0372-2021

Official wording

Reason: Presence of foreign substance: identified as activated carbon.

Code information: Lots #: JKX2749A, JKX2803A, JKX2804A, JKX2805A, JKX806A, JKX2945A,JKX2946A, JXK2947A, JKX2948A, JKX2952A, JKX2953A, JKX2954A & JKX3224A, Exp 6/2032; JKX3211A, JKX3212A, Exp 7/2023.

Distribution pattern: USA Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    foreign substance