{"chart":{"slug":"drug-recalls-by-month","title":"How many drug recalls are there each month?","takeaway":"The FDA classified 38 drug recalls in September 2026. Since January 2025, the monthly count has ranged from 17 in February 2026 to 44 in July 2026. Each recall counts once however many products, strengths or lots it covers, in the month of the weekly Enforcement Report where FDA first listed it, often weeks after the company announced it, so months with five weekly reports tend to count more. 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(Columbus, OH): Abirtega (abiraterone acetate) USP","details":"Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Failed tablet specifications for weight uniformity.","summary":"Failed stability or other quality checks"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","title":"Pfizer (Manhattan, NY): Levoxyl (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP), tablets (2 products)","details":"Subpotent Drug: confirmed out-of-specification (OOS) assay during stability testing.","summary":"Too strong or too weak"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","title":"PRITAM INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED (Haridwar, India): Brush Buddies, Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Flavored Toothpaste, Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste, (sodium fluoride... (17 products)","details":"CGMP Deviations.","summary":"Not made under good manufacturing practices"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","title":"Right Value Drug Stores LLC (Irving, TX): Testosterone Cypionate","details":"Lack of sterility assurance.","summary":"Can't be shown to be sterile"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","title":"Shenzhen Techdow Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, China): Heparin Sodium Injection, USP","details":"Lack of Assurance of Sterility","summary":"Can't be shown to be sterile"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","title":"STRIDES PHARMA INC (Bridgewater, NJ): Cinacalcet Tablets","details":"Failed dissolution specifications","summary":"Doesn't dissolve as it should"},{"tag":"Class III (least serious)","date":"2026-10-28","title":"Viatris, Inc. (Morgantown, WV): Telmisartan and Amlodipine, Tablets, USP","details":"Superpotent Drug: potential for the Telmisartan content in these lots to exceed specifications","summary":"Too strong or too weak"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-21","title":"American Health Packaging (Columbus, OH): Metoclopramide Tablets, USP","details":"Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules","summary":"Particles or foreign matter"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-21","title":"Houston Rx LLC (Houston, TX): Sermorelin (2 products)","details":"Lack of process control"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-21","title":"Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc (Parsippany, NJ): Metoclopramide Tablets, USP","details":"Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules","summary":"Particles or foreign matter"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-21","title":"Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc (Pennington, NJ): Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate for Injection, USP 100 mg/vial","details":"Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications.","summary":"Impurities or contamination"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","title":"Apothecary Pharma LLC (Cary, NC): Apothecary NAD+ Injection 200 mg/mL (2 products)","details":"Lack of Assurance of Sterility","summary":"Can't be shown to be sterile"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","title":"BioSpectra, Inc. (Bangor, PA): Biospectra Tris/Tromethamine, USP, GMP, API Grade, Manufactured at 100 Majestic Way, Bangor, PA 18013, NDC 64173-101-25","details":"Failed stability specifications","summary":"Failed stability or other quality checks"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","title":"Carolina Infusion, LLC (Ridgeland, SC): Tri-MIX (PAPAV/PHENTO/ALPROS) (16 products)","details":"Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Related to processing equipment used in compounded product.","summary":"Can't be shown to be sterile"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","title":"Cipla USA, Inc. (Warren, NJ): Fosfomycin Tromethamine Granules for Oral Solution, (Equivalent to 3 Grams of Fosfomycin)","details":"Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications","summary":"Impurities or contamination"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","title":"J\u0026J INNOVATIVE MEDICINE (Malvern, PA): IMAAVY (nipocalimab-aahu) Injection","details":"Presence of particulate matter.","summary":"Particles or foreign matter"}]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA drug recall data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/drug-recalls-by-month)"}