Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% recall
FDA recall D-0351-2024 · initiated Jan 30, 2024
Brassica Pharma Pvt Ltd recalled Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% in Jan 2024 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0351-2024) because Lack of Assurance of Sterility.
May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Sterility could not be assured
The maker could not guarantee the product was sterile. That matters most for injections and eye products, where a contaminated dose reaches past the body's defences.
This is a manufacturing or quality failure, not a finding that the medicine is unsafe to take — across every recall we hold, none was issued for that reason. It does not mean the batch was harmless.
Is your product affected? Check the lot number
A recall covers only specific lots. Find the lot number and expiration date on your package and compare them to the affected codes below — if yours is not listed, it was not part of this recall.
Quantity recalled: 315,842 units
Details
- Product
- Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5%, White Petrolatum 57.3%), Packaged in 3.5 gram tubes, Distributed by Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716, NDC 79903-026-35, UPC 681131395298
- Recalling company
- Brassica Pharma Pvt Ltd
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Distribution
- Nationwide within the United States
- Initiated
- Jan 30, 2024
- FDA report date
- Mar 6, 2024
Frequently asked
- Was Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% recalled?
- Brassica Pharma Pvt Ltd recalled Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% in Jan 2024 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0351-2024) because Lack of Assurance of Sterility. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
- Why was Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% recalled?
- Per the FDA enforcement record, the reason for recall D-0351-2024 was: Lack of Assurance of Sterility
- Is a recalled Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% dangerous to take?
- An FDA recall removes specific lots from the market for a defined reason and does not by itself mean the medicine is unsafe for everyone — your specific lot may never have been affected. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm. Check the FDA notice for the affected lot numbers and expiration dates, and ask your pharmacist or doctor before stopping a prescribed medicine. This reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice.
- Which lots of Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment (Mineral Oil 42.5% are affected?
- Distributed: Nationwide within the United States. The recall covers these lots — Lot #: A2E01, Exp. Date Apr-24; A2L05, Exp. Date Nov-24, A3B01, Exp. Date Jan-25; A3C01, Exp. Date Feb-25. Check the lot number and expiration date on your package against this list; if yours is not listed, it was not part of recall D-0351-2024.