Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% recall
FDA recall D-0406-2025 · initiated Apr 23, 2025
BRS Analytical Services, LLC recalled Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% in Apr 2025 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0406-2025) because cGMP deviations and lack of assurance of sterility.
May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations and 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: 32,876 cases (24 cartons per case)
Details
- Product
- Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5%, Carboxymethlycellulose Sodium 0.5% Eye Lubricant, Lubricating Eye Drops, Moisturizing, Sterile, 0.5 FL OZ (15mL) per dropper bottle, Distributed by: AvKARE, Pulaski, TN 38478, NDC: 50268-068-15.
- Recalling company
- BRS Analytical Services, LLC
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Distribution
- Nationwide in the USA
- Initiated
- Apr 23, 2025
- FDA report date
- May 14, 2025
Frequently asked
- Was Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% recalled?
- BRS Analytical Services, LLC recalled Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% in Apr 2025 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0406-2025) because cGMP deviations and lack of assurance of sterility. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
- Why was Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% recalled?
- Per the FDA enforcement record, the reason for recall D-0406-2025 was: cGMP deviations and lack of assurance of sterility.
- Is a recalled Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% 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 Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% are affected?
- Distributed: Nationwide in the USA. The recall covers these lots — Lot, expiry: Lot 103, exp 4/26/25; Lot 104, exp 5/03/25; Lot 108, exp 6/29/25; Lot 109, exp 7/18/25; Lot 110, exp 8/17/25; Lot 111, exp 8/22/25; Lot 112, exp 8/27/25; Lot 113, exp 9/18/25; Lot 125, exp 10/23/25; Lot 130, exp 11/09/25; Lot 131, exp 11/14/25; Lot 132, exp 11/27/25; Lot 133, exp 11/30/25; Lot 134, exp 12/…. 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-0406-2025.