Drug recall: Refresh Lacri-Lube (Mineral Oil 42.5% and White Petrolatum 56.8%) Lubricant Eye Ointment, packaged in a) Net wt. 0.12…
Class II FDA enforcement event 72016. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Presence of Particulate Matter: Due to customer complaints of small black particles, identified as part of the ointment tube cap, generated by the action of unscrewing the cap from the aluminum tube and potentially introducing the particle into the product.
Class II, in the words of FDA
a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote
Allergan Sales, LLC started this drug recall on 24 Aug 2015. The firm address in the FDA record is in Waco, TX. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 72016 has 4 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 30 Sep 2015. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 19 Apr 2017.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Nationwide, Puerto Rico, and Barbados
Recalling firm
Allergan Sales, LLC, Waco, TX.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
4 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-1817-2015 | Refresh Lacri-Lube (Mineral Oil 42.5% and White Petrolatum 56.8%) Lubricant Eye Ointment, packaged in a) Net wt. 0.12 oz (3.5 g) tubes (NDC 0023-0312-04) UPC 3 0023-0312-04 2 and b) Net wt. 0.25 oz (7 g) tubes (NDC 0023-0312-07) UPC 3 0023-0312-07 3, Allergan, Inc., 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA 92612. | 320,713 tubes | Class II | Terminated | 30 Sep 2015 |
| D-1818-2015 | Refresh P.M. (Mineral Oil 42.5% and White Petrolatum 57.3%) Lubricant Eye Ointment, Net wt. 0.12 oz (3.5 g) tube, Allergan, Inc., 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA 92612, NDC 0023-0240-04, UPC 3 00230 66704 3. | 1,154,359 tubes | Class II | Terminated | 30 Sep 2015 |
| D-1819-2015 | FML (fluorometholone ophthalmic ointment) 0.1%, 3.5 g tube, Rx only, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA 92612, NDC 0023-0316-04, UPC 3 0023-0316-04 0. | 28,292 tubes | Class II | Terminated | 30 Sep 2015 |
| D-1820-2015 | BLEPHAMIDE (sulfacetamide sodium and prednisolone acetate ophthalmic ointment, USP) 10 %/0.2 %, 3.5 g tube, Rx only, ALLERGAN, Irvine, California 92612, NDC 0023-0313-04, UPC 3 00230 31304 9. | 337 tubes | Class II | Terminated | 30 Sep 2015 |
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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Drug events that started in 2015
- 292
- Share of these events in Class II
- 52%
- Product records in this event
- 4Median of the firm: 2
- Events of the firm on the register
- 8
Other events of the firm
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report D-1817-2015The FDA record of the first product of this event.
- FDA: recalls, market withdrawals and safety alertsThe recall notices on the FDA site.
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Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 72016. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/72016/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
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- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Nationwide, Puerto Rico, and Barbados
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 72016?
- The event has 4 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
320,713 tubes
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many drug recalls of 2015 have the same class?
- 52% of the 292 drug events that started in 2015 are in Class II.