Paracetamol recall
September 3, 2015
Apotex, in consultation with the
Therapeutic Goods Administration,
has initiated a recall of a batch of
APO-Paracetamol 500mg tablets,
due to potential contamination
with pieces of latex.
The tablets, from batch number
X40466 with expiry date 05/2016,
are sold in bulk to pharmacies
and health facilities which
then dispense them in dose
administration aids.
Apotex has warned that any tablet
from the batch could contain small
pieces of latex - likely from a latex
glove - potentially posing an allergy
risk for some consumers.
The company says it initiated
the recall after one customer
complaint, and believes it was an
isolated incident but recalled the
entire batch as a precaution.
The impacted paracetamol was
first distributed to the market on
02 Mar 2015, with pharmacies
urged to check their stocks of the
product and quarantine any from
the relevant batch.
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