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Allergy and antihistamine medication recalls

17 FDA-recorded recalls of allergy and antihistamines, most recent Jun 2026 — newest first, straight from the FDA's own database.

17
recalls on record
1
Class I (most serious)
10
manufacturers

Latest recall — announced 18 July 2026

Cetirizine 5 mg tablets recalled for cross-contamination with ranitidine

Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories (a division of J. B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals) is voluntarily recalling four lots of Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets USP 5 mg — a generic of Zyrtec, distributed by Rising Pharma Holdings — to the consumer level, after a pharmacy technician noticed red dots and discoloration on tablets while counting them. The FDA's notice states that for consumers hypersensitive to the ingredients in ranitidine, ingestion "could result in serious adverse events including severe hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis"; no adverse events had been reported at the time of the announcement. Branded Zyrtec is not part of this recall.

NDC
16571-401-10
Affected lots
GY825029, GY825030, GY825031, GY825032

Not yet in the FDA enforcement database, so it does not appear in the table below. FDA recall bulletin, 18 July 2026 ↗

Antihistamine recalls are usually packaging, potency or impurity failures on specific lots rather than a problem with the medicine. The July 2026 cetirizine recall is the unusual case: the tablets were not defective in themselves but were cross-contaminated with a second drug, which is a risk only for people sensitive to that drug. An allergy medicine is easy to replace, so if your lot is named, stop using that bottle and pick up an unaffected product.

By the pharmaranks editorial teamReviewed against the FDA (openFDA Enforcement database) sourcesHow we research

How to use this page

A drug appearing here does not mean your prescription is unsafe. Recalls name specific lots and manufacturers — open the recall to see the affected lot numbers, and match them against your bottle. Never stop a blood-pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, antidepressant or antibiotic medicine on your own because of a recall; confirm your lot, then ask your pharmacist for a replacement if it is affected.

Other categories: Blood pressure medication · Eye drop and ophthalmic · Cholesterol medication · Diabetes medication · Antidepressant · Antibiotic · Thyroid medication · Hormonal and contraceptive · ADHD and stimulant medication · Opioid and pain medication · Seizure and epilepsy medication · Asthma and inhaler · Heartburn and acid-reflux medication. See also the full recalls tracker and the recall report.

Source: the openFDA drug Enforcement (recall) database. Recalls are matched to this category by the drug names in the FDA’s product description; a small number of category recalls may be missed if the description omits the ingredient. Figures are recall events, not units, and reflect our copy of the FDA data, refreshed daily. This is public regulatory data, not medical advice.