La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique Effaclar Dermatological Acne System, 3 Step Acne Routine Kit,…
Medicine recall D-0418-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 21, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 21, 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
- 14,460 bottles 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: The recall was initiated due to detected trace levels of benzene in a specific lot of this product lot (MYX46W), however out of an abundance of caution, the firm voluntarily recalled all La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo Dual Action Acne Treatment lots.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique Effaclar Dermatological Acne System, 3 Step Acne Routine Kit, Medicated Gel Cleanser 3.4 fl. oz. (100 mL) Tube, Clarifying Solution 3.4 fl. oz. (100 mL) Tube, Dual Action Acne Treatment 0.7 fl. oz. (20 mL: UPC 883140035275) Tube, (benzoyl peroxide 0.5% and benzoyl peroxide 5.5% and salicylic acid 2%), La Roche-Posay LLC, 10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, La Roche-Posay, France, UPC 883140035282 (kit).
14,460 bottles, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot #s, Expiration Dates: MYX30W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX32W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX33W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX41W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX42W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX43W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX44W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX45W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX50W, Exp 05/31/2025…
Every code shown here, 1,061 characters
Lot #s, Expiration Dates: MYX30W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX32W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX33W, Exp 03/31/2025 MYX41W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX42W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX43W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX44W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX45W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX50W, Exp 05/31/2025 MYX51W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX52W, Exp 04/30/2025 MYX53W, Exp 05/31/2025 MYX70W, Exp 07/31/2025 MYX80W, Exp 07/31/2025 MYX81W, Exp 07/31/2025 MYX90W, Exp 08/31/2025 MYX91W, Exp 08/31/2025 MYX92W, Exp 08/31/2025 MYX93W, Exp 08/31/2025 MYXD0W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYXO1W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYXO2W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYXO3W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYXO4W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYXO5W, Exp 09/30/2025 MYY21W, Exp 02/28/2026 MYY23W, Exp 02/28/2026 MYY26W, Exp 02/28/2026 MYY27W, Exp 02/28/2026 MYY31W, Exp 03/31/2026 MYY32W, Exp 11/30/2025 MYY33W, Exp 11/30/2025 MYY34W, Exp 03/31/2026 MYY50W, Exp 05/31/2026 MYY51W, Exp 05/31/2026 MYY60W, Exp 05/31/2026 MYY61W, Exp 03/31/2026 MYY62W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY63W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY64W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY72W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY73W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY74W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY75W, Exp 06/30/2026 MYY76W, Exp 06/30/2026.
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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UPC
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UPC
883140035282
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 Mar 5, 2025.
- FDA classified it on May 9, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 21, 2025.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- L’Oreal USA, of Clark, NJ.
- 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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