Food, drugs, devices › Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Drug recall: Allopurinol Tablets 100mg, USP, 90-count bottles, Rx Only, 90, Mfg: Accord Healthcare, Inc; Durham, NC, PREFERRED Pharma
Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Anaheim, CA) initiated this drug recall on 16 Jan 2023; FDA lists 1 product record under event 91531, classified Class II.
FDA defines Class II as 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. 59% of the 281 drug enforcement events initiated in 2023 carry the same class.
Status: Terminated, terminated 14 Apr 2023. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has 32 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 1 product record per event.
Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.
Recalling firm
Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Anaheim, CA.
Reason for recall
"Presence of Foreign Substance: manufacturer recalled this re-packaged product due to reports of a small piece of green plastic embedded in the crack towards the edge of the tablet."
Distribution
"IN"
Product records
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-0173-2023 | Allopurinol Tablets 100mg, USP, 90-count bottles, Rx Only, 90, Mfg: Accord Healthcare, Inc; Durham, NC, PREFERRED Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Physician's Solution, Prod#: 68788-7383-09. | 9 bottles | Class II | Terminated | 1 Feb 2023 |
Context
Other enforcement events for Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
All 32 events for Preferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Questions and answers
Why was this drug recalled?
FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Presence of Foreign Substance: manufacturer recalled this re-packaged product due to reports of a small piece of green plastic embedded in the crack towards the edge of the tablet."
What does Class II mean?
FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class II is 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.
Where was the product distributed?
FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "IN"
Is the recall still ongoing?
FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 14 Apr 2023. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.
Where does this data come from?
openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: openFDA drug enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.