Sandoz Recalls Losartan Potassium and Ezetimibe Prescription Drug Bottles Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirements
Home product recall 19-194. Announced by CPSC on Aug 29, 2019.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Aug 29, 2019. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The prescription drug packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, posing a poisoning risk if swallowed by children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately secure the medications to keep them out of the sight and reach of children and contact Sandoz for a free replacement child resistant bottle cap. Once the medication is secured, consumers can continue to use the medication as directed.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: replace.
- How to reach the firm: Sandoz at 800-525-8747 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday to Friday or online at www.us.sandoz.com and click on “Patients and Customers” then “Product Safety Notices.”
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves bottles of prescription medications Losartan Potassium and Ezetimibe from Sandoz with certain lot numbers. The recalled bottles have “Sandoz,” the name of the medication, dosage, and NDC on the front of the bottle labels and the lot number and expiration date on the side of the bottle labels. The recall includes the following: Recalled Prescription Drugs NDC Numbers Lot Numbers Expiration Date Ezetimibe 10mg Tablets 0781-5690-31 JE4491 Aug-2020 30 count bottle JE4492 Aug-2020 JE4493 Aug-2020 JE4495 Aug-2020 JG0308 Sep-2020 JG0310 Sep-2020 JG0311 Sep-2020 JG0312 Sep-2020 JG5061 Sep-2020 JG5063 Sep-2020 JK8921 Oct-2020 JK8922 Oct-2020 JK8923 Oct-2020 JK8924 Oct-2020 JL5535 Oct-2020 JM2253 Oct-2020 JM2254 Oct-2020 JM2255 Oct-2020 JM2257 Oct-2020 JM2258 Oct-2020 JM2259 Oct-2020 JM5986 Oct-2020 JM5987 Oct-2020 Ezetimibe 10mg Tablets 0781-5690-92 JE4481 Aug-2020 90 count bottle JG0249 Sep-2020 JK8989 Oct-2020 JN0764 Jan-2021 Losartan Potassium 50mg Tablets 0781-5701-31 HV9471 Feb-2020 30 count bottle
About 636,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Losartan Potassium and Ezetimibe prescription drug bottles.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 4 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Sandoz Inc., Princeton, N.J.
- Clinics and pharmacies nationwide as a prescribed medicine from July 2018 through August 2019. The container was included in the price of the medication, which varied based on quantities prescribed, health insurance terms and other factors.
- Made in Slovenia, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None Reported
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.