Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement
Recalling firm: The Harvard Drug Group
The distribution firms Leader Brand, Major Pharmaceuticals, and The Harvard Drug Group dba Rugby Laboratories are jointly initiating a voluntary recall of multiple supplements due…
Historical recall record. This is not a new recall announcement. “Terminated” describes the FDA recall process; it does not certify that an individual package is safe. FDA termination date: Apr 28, 2020.
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FDA code information
Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement, 4 oz., 118 mL, UPC Number: 0 05360 16097 0, All Unexpired Lots
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Original product description
Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement, 4 oz., 118 mL
Original FDA recall reason
The distribution firms Leader Brand, Major Pharmaceuticals, and The Harvard Drug Group dba Rugby Laboratories are jointly initiating a voluntary recall of multiple supplements due to possible product contamination with B. cepacia, which may result in serious infections that could be life-threatening in patients with compromised immune systems and in patients with chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-3519-2017
- Event ID
- 78007
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Aug 2, 2017
- Reported
- Sep 20, 2017
- Classified
- Sep 12, 2017
- Terminated
- Apr 28, 2020
- Quantity
- 30,782 units
- Location
- Livonia, MI, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
- Press Release
Where it was distributed
Domestic: Nationwide to USA Foreign: None VA/DOD: VA CMOP CHARLESTON 3725 RIVERS AVE N. CHARLESTON SC 29405-7038, Ph. 303-339-4305
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