FDA recall D-843-2013

Novartis Consumer Health · Class II · drug

Product

Excedrin Extra Strength (Acetaminophen 250 mg, Aspirin (NSAID) 250 mg and Caffeine 65 mg), a) 2-ct tablets in pouches b) boxes of 50/2-ct packages, Distributed by Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, NDC 0067 2030 02 Foreign packaging: c) Parsel Forte and d) Cibalenaa (250 mg Acetaminophen, 250 mg Aspirin, 65 mg Caffeine), boxes of 48/4-ct pouches Foreign packaging do not have NDC numbers.

Reason for recall

Defective container: products are packaged in pouches which may not have been fully sealed

Distribution

Nationwide, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Panama

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2013-06-06
Report date
2013-08-14
Termination date
2014-11-04
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Lincoln, NE, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-843-2013