FDA recall D-0277-2021

Product

Metoclopramide Injection USP, 10 mg/2 mL (5 mg/mL), 2 mL Single-Use Vial NDC 0703-4502-01), packaged in 25 x 2 mL Single-Use Vials per tray (NDC 0703-4502-04), Rx only, Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc., Irvine, CA 92618.

Reason for recall

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: manufacturing areas for the recalled products exceeded acceptance levels for microbial recovery leading to a lack of sterility assurance for these sterile injectable products.

Distribution

Product was distributed nationwide in the USA and Puerto Rico.

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2021-02-10

Report date

2021-03-03

Termination date

2024-05-15

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Parsippany, NJ, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-0277-2021