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If your children’s ibuprofen resembles a prop from John Carpenter’s The Thing, maybe stay away from it. The Food and Drug Administration has recently announced a recall of liquid ibuprofen products for having a plethora of icky contaminants.
Earlier this month, the FDA publicized a recall of Taro Pharmaceuticals’ Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension products. The products were recalled after bottles were found to have foreign substances inside them, including black particles and a “gel-like mass.” The recall affects bottles sold across the country.
Though owned by Taro Pharmaceuticals, the products were manufactured in India by Strides Pharma Inc., a common third-party producer of generic and over-the-counter drugs sold in the U.S. and elsewhere. The recall was initiated by Strides in early March after customers reported seeing foreign substances in the products.
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The liquid pain and fever reliever product is intended for children ages 2 to 11 and comes in a berry flavor. The recall concerns two specific lots sold in four fluid ounce, or 120 milliliter, bottles that were distributed nationwide. The products can be identified by the lot codes 7261973A and 7261974A, and they have an expiration date of January 31, 2027. All told, nearly 90,000 products are being recalled.
The FDA has designated this a Class II recall, which the agency defines as a situation where exposure to a product can cause “temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.”
Gizmodo reached out to Strides and Taro for comment but didn’t receive a response by the time of publication.
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