Reported Oct 18, 2017 · Terminated

Famotidine tablets, 10 mg, packaged in 30-count bottle, OTC, labeled as a) CVS Pharmacy Acid Controller, NDC…

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.

Low riskThis product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc. · 107 College Rd E · Princeton, NJ · 08540-6623

Is this the product you have?

  • Famotidine tablets, 10 mg, packaged in 30-count bottle, OTC, labeled as a) CVS Pharmacy Acid Controller, NDC 55111-118-30
  • Distributed byCVS Pharmacy, Inc., One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895, Made in India, b) Equate Famotidine, NDC 49035-118-30
  • Distributed byWal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bentonville, AR 72716, Made in India
Lot codes and dates
    • Lot #: a) 79C408882B
    • 79C408884C
    • 79C408886B
    • Exp 10/17
    • 79C501523B
    • Exp 01/18
    • 79C501524B
    • Exp 01/18
    • 79C502318B
    • Exp 3/18
    • b) 79C408885B
    • 79C408886A
    • Exp 10/17
    • 79C500967
    • 79C501523C
    • 79C501525A
    • 79C501525B
    • 79C501525C
    • 79C501526B
    • Exp 01/18
    • 79C502317A
    • Exp 3/18
    • 79C504087B
    • 79C504088A
    • Exp 5/18
    • 79C505926A
    • Exp 7/18
Amount recalled
569376 bottles

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Failed impurities/degradation specifications: Famotodine has an out of specification result for an individual related substance observed during routine stability testing of a batch for related substances -impurity 8 at 24 month stability interval.

This product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA drug enforcement) notice

Notice updated Mar 15, 2019 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:05 PM UTC

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