Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5%, Carboxymethlycellulose Sodium 0.5% Eye Lubricant,…
Medicine recall D-0406-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 14, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 14, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 32,876 cases (24 cartons per case) how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
cGMP deviations and lack of assurance of sterility.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Solution 0.5%, Carboxymethlycellulose Sodium 0.5% Eye Lubricant, Lubricating Eye Drops, Moisturizing, Sterile, 0.5 FL OZ (15mL) per dropper bottle, Distributed by: AvKARE, Pulaski, TN 38478, NDC: 50268-068-15.
32,876 cases (24 cartons per case), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot, expiry: Lot 103, exp 4/26/25; Lot 104, exp 5/03/25; Lot 108, exp 6/29/25; Lot 109, exp 7/18/25; Lot 110, exp 8/17/25; Lot 111, exp 8/22/25; Lot 112, exp 8/27/25; Lot 113, exp 9/18/25; Lot 125, exp 10/23/25; Lot 130, exp 11/09/25; Lot…
Every code shown here, 1,101 characters
Lot, expiry: Lot 103, exp 4/26/25; Lot 104, exp 5/03/25; Lot 108, exp 6/29/25; Lot 109, exp 7/18/25; Lot 110, exp 8/17/25; Lot 111, exp 8/22/25; Lot 112, exp 8/27/25; Lot 113, exp 9/18/25; Lot 125, exp 10/23/25; Lot 130, exp 11/09/25; Lot 131, exp 11/14/25; Lot 132, exp 11/27/25; Lot 133, exp 11/30/25; Lot 134, exp 12/05/25; Lot 135, exp 12/11/25; Lot 136, exp 12/14/25; Lot 137, exp 1/02/26; Lot 139, exp 1/15/26; Lot 140, exp 1/19/26; Lot 141, exp 1/25/26; Lot 151, exp 3/18/26; Lot 152, exp 3/21/26; Lot 153, exp 3/25/26; Lot 154, exp 3/28/26; Lot 155, exp 4/01/26; Lot 156, exp 4/08/26; Lot 157, exp 4/11/26; Lot 160, exp 4/26/26; Lot 180, exp 8/08/26; Lot 181, exp 8/12/26; Lot 182, exp 8/18/26; Lot 183, exp 8/21/26; Lot 184, exp 8/26/26; Lot 185, exp 9/04/26; Lot 186, exp 9/09/26; Lot 187, exp 9/16/26; Lot 188, exp 9/18/26; Lot 189, exp 9/21/26; Lot 190, exp 9/25/26; Lot 191, exp 9/28/26; Lot 192, exp 10/02/26; Lot 208, exp 12/11/26; Lot 209, exp 12/16/26; Lot 212, exp 1/15/27; Lot 213, exp 1/21/27; Lot 214, exp 1/24/27; Lot 215, exp 2/02/27; Lot 216, exp 2/04/27; Lot 224, exp 3/27/27.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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NDC
50268-068-15
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide in the USA
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Apr 23, 2025.
- FDA classified it on May 6, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 14, 2025.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- BRS Analytical Services, LLC, of Saint Louis, MO.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Drug recall enforcement reports.
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