0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP recall
FDA recall D-0491-2025 · initiated Jun 16, 2025
B BRAUN MEDICAL INC recalled 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP in Jun 2025 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0491-2025) because Lack of assurance of sterility: pinholes, within the finger boxes used during Form Fill Seal process resulting in leaks.
May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
Why it was recalled
Lack of assurance of sterility: pinholes, within the finger boxes used during Form Fill Seal process resulting in leaks.
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: 187,656 containers
Details
- Product
- 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP, 500 mL, packaged in 500 mL excel containers and further packaged 24 per case, Rx only, B.Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA 18018-3524, USA, NDC 0264-7800-10.
- Recalling company
- B Braun Medical
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Distribution
- USA Nationwide
- Initiated
- Jun 16, 2025
- FDA report date
- Jul 2, 2025
Frequently asked
- Was 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP recalled?
- B BRAUN MEDICAL INC recalled 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP in Jun 2025 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0491-2025) because Lack of assurance of sterility: pinholes, within the finger boxes used during Form Fill Seal process resulting in leaks. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
- Why was 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP recalled?
- Per the FDA enforcement record, the reason for recall D-0491-2025 was: Lack of assurance of sterility: pinholes, within the finger boxes used during Form Fill Seal process resulting in leaks.
- Is a recalled 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP 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 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP are affected?
- Distributed: USA Nationwide. The recall covers these lots — Lot #: J4L260, J4L261, J4L270, J4L271, J4L280, Exp 2/28/2027. 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-0491-2025.