Reported Jan 29, 2014 · Terminated

NeoCitran Extra Strength Cold & Flu (acetaminophen 650 mg, phenylephrine hydrochloride 10 mg, pheniramine maleate 20…

Novartis Consumer Health

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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: Novartis Consumer Health · 10401 Hwy 6 · Lincoln, NE · 68517-9626

Is this the product you have?

  • NeoCitran Extra Strength Cold & Flu (acetaminophen 650 mg, phenylephrine hydrochloride 10 mg, pheniramine maleate 20 mg) powder packets, Natural Source Lemon flavor, 10-count single dose pouches per carton, Novartis Consumer Health Canada, Inc., Mississauga , ON, UPC 0 58478 05103 1
  • Also packaged under foreign labelsTheraflu Extra Cold and Flu powder packets, Lemon flavor, 10-count packets per box, UPC 4 607045 191395 (Russia and Former Soviet Union product); Theraflu Nighttime Severe Cold powder packets, Natural Lemon flavor, 6-count packets per carton, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Parsippany, NJ 07054-0622, UPC 8 806536 013925 (Korea product)
Lot codes and dates
    • Lot #: 10113888
    • Exp 5/31/2013
    • 10118944
    • Exp 6/30/2013
    • 10120024
    • Exp 9/30/2013
    • 10124381
    • Exp 10/31/2013
  • Russia product
    • 10112623
    • 10112625
    • 10112627
    • 10112629
    • 10112631
    • 10112633
    • Exp 5/31/2013
    • 10116051
    • 10116053
    • 10116055
    • 10116057
    • 10116059
    • 10116061
    • 10117302
    • 10117304
    • Exp 7/31/2013
    • 10119732
    • 10119735
    • Exp 9/30/2013
    • 10124276
    • 10124281
    • 10125922
    • 10126539
    • 10126540
    • 10126541
    • 10126542
    • 10126543
    • Exp 10/31/2013
  • Korea product
    • 10112969
    • Exp 5/31/2013
    • 10116034
    • Exp 7/31/2013
    • 10120027
    • Exp 9/30/2013

This recall covers 16 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 15 are below.

3 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Presence of Foreign Substance: The products are being recalled because they may contain foreign substances.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA drug enforcement) notice

Notice updated Nov 4, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:49 PM UTC

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