La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique Effaclar Duo Dual Action Acne Treatment, 5.5% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne…
Medicine recall D-0419-2025. 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.
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 Duo Dual Action Acne Treatment, 5.5% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Medication, a) UPC 3606000508804, 20 mL (0.7 fl. oz.) Tube per Carton, b) 883140500759, 40 mL (1.35 fl. oz.) Tube per Carton, La Roche-Posay LLC, 10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, La Roche-Posay, France.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
a) Lot #s, Expiration dates: MYX30W 03/2025 MYX43W 04/2025 MYX41W 04/2025 MYX42W 04/2025 MYX40W 04/2025 MYX51W 05/2025 MYX50W 05/2025 MYX60W 05/2025 MYX71W 06/2025 MYX90W 08/2025 MYX91W 09/2025 MYX92W 08/2025 MYXO0W 09/2025 MYX93W 09/2025…
Every code shown here, 1,384 characters
a) Lot #s, Expiration dates: MYX30W 03/2025 MYX43W 04/2025 MYX41W 04/2025 MYX42W 04/2025 MYX40W 04/2025 MYX51W 05/2025 MYX50W 05/2025 MYX60W 05/2025 MYX71W 06/2025 MYX90W 08/2025 MYX91W 09/2025 MYX92W 08/2025 MYXO0W 09/2025 MYX93W 09/2025 MYXD1W 11/2025 MYXD2W 11/2025 MYXDOW 09/2025 MYXD4W 11/2025 MYXD3W 11/2025 MYY22W 02/2026 MYY21W 02/2026 MYY20W 02/2026 MYY41W 04/2026 MYY40W 04/2026 MYY42W 04/2026 MYY43W 04/2026 MYY52W 05/2026 MYY51W 05/2026 MYY50W 05/2026 MYY60W 06/2026 b) Lot #s, Expiration dates MYX31W 3/2025 MYX32W 3/2025 MYX33W 3/2025 MYX34W 3/2025 MYX35W 3/2025 MYX40W 3/2025 MYX41W 4/2025 MYX42W 4/2025 MYX44W 4/2025 MYX45W 4/2025 MYX47W 4/2025 MYX48W 4/2025 MYX49W 4/2025 MYX50W 5/2025 MYX51W 5/2025 MYX52W 5/2025 MYX70W 6/2025 MYX71W 6/2025 MYX72W 7/2025 MYX73W 7/2025 MYX74W 7/2025 MYX75W 7/2025 MYX77W 7/2025 MYX78W 7/2025 MYX80W 8/2025 MYX81W 7/2025 MYX82W 8/2025 MYX83W 8/2025 MYX84W 7/2025 MYXO0W 9/2025 MYXO1W 8/2025 MYXO3W 8/2025 MYXO4W 9/2025 MYXO5W 9/2025 MYXO7W 9/2025 MYXO8W 8/2025 MYXO9W 9/2025 MYXD0W 11/2025 MYXD1W 12/2025 MYXD2W 11/2025 MYXD3W 11/2025 MYXD4W 11/2025 MYXD5W 11/2025 MYXD6W 12/2025 MYY22W 02/2026 MYY23W 02/2026 MYY30W 02/2026 MYY31W 03/2026 MYY32W 03/2026 MYY40W 03/2026 MYY41W 04/2026 MYY42W 04/2026 MYY43W 04/2026 MYY51W 04/2026 MYY60W 06/2026 MYY61W 06/2026 MYY62W 06/2026 MYY63W 06/2026 MYY64W 06/2026 MYY65W 06/2026 MYY66W 06/2026
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
3606000508804
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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