Clobetasol Propionate Ointment USP, 0.05%, 60g tubes, Rx only, Mfd. by: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Haifa Bay, Israel 2624761, Dist. by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Hawthorne, NY 10532. NDC 51672-1259-3
Drug Recall
Official source record
- Recall number
- D-0375-2022
- Event ID
- 89241
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recalling company
- Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
- Reason for recall
- Microbial Contamination of Non-Sterile Products: presence of R. Pickettii bacteria
- Report date
- January 19, 2022
- Recall initiation date
- December 15, 2021
- Termination date
- December 4, 2023
- Distribution pattern
- Two distributors in UT and LA who could have further distributed to the retail level nationwide in the USA.
Drug product identifiers
- Manufacturer
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
- Brand name
- CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE
- Generic name
- CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE
- Substance name
- CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE
- Product NDCs
- 51672-1258; 51672-1259; 51672-1294
- Package NDCs
- 51672-1258-1; 51672-1258-2; 51672-1258-3; 51672-1258-6; 51672-1259-1; 51672-1259-2; 51672-1259-3; 51672-1259-6; 51672-1294-1; 51672-1294-2; 51672-1294-3
- Route
- TOPICAL
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