CHINA_GEL (Camphor 3.00%, Menthol 5.00%) A TOPICAL PAIN RELIEVER
Medicine recall D-0788-2021. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 8, 2021.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 8, 2021. 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
- 92,472 each 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: Product being recalled as it was made in the same facility where contamination with B. cepacia was found in other products.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
CHINA_GEL (Camphor 3.00%, Menthol 5.00%) A TOPICAL PAIN RELIEVER, packaged as a) 2 OZ (56.8g) tube, NDC 76305-300-13; b) 4 OZ (113.5g) jar, UPC 6 87806 10004 2, NDC 76305-300-02; c) 6 OZ (170 g) tube, UPC 6 87806 10006 2, NDC 76305-300-03; d) 8 OZ (226.8g) jar, UPC 6 87806 10008 2, NDC 76305-300-04; e) 16 OZ (453.6g), Bottle w/ Pump, UPC 6 87806 10016 7, NDC 76305-300-03; f) 128 OZ (3.78L) Gallon, UPC 6 87806 10128 7, NDC 76305-300-06; Distributed by: CHINA-GEL LLC, Arlington Heights, IL 60005,
92,472 each, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot #: a)B122DY, exp 2021-05; B183GN, exp 2021-07; B262BF, exp 2021-09; C002KF, exp 2022-01; C030HT, exp 2022-02; C094LT, exp 2022-04; C275CW, exp 2022-10; C338CH, exp 2022-12; b) B122DX, exp 2021-05; B183GP, exp 2021-07; B262BE, exp…
Every code shown here, 1,135 characters
Lot #: a)B122DY, exp 2021-05; B183GN, exp 2021-07; B262BF, exp 2021-09; C002KF, exp 2022-01; C030HT, exp 2022-02; C094LT, exp 2022-04; C275CW, exp 2022-10; C338CH, exp 2022-12; b) B122DX, exp 2021-05; B183GP, exp 2021-07; B262BE, exp 2021-09; C002KF, exp 2022-01; C030HT, exp 2022-02; C094LT, exp 2022-04; C275CW, exp 2022-10; C330BG, exp 2022-12 c) B122DY, exp 2021-05; B183GN, exp 2021-07; B262BF, exp 2021-09; C002KF, exp 2022-01; C030HT, exp 2022-02; C094LT, exp 2022-04;C156FF, exp 2022-06; C247JB, exp 2022-09; C338CH, exp 2022-12. d)B122DX, Exp 05/2021; B122DY , EXP 05-2021; B183GP, EXP 07-2021; B262BE, EXP 09-2021; B262BF, EXP 09-2021; C002KF, EXP 01-2022; C030HT, EXP 02-2022; C094LT, EXP 04-2022; C156FF, EXP 06-2022; C247JB, EXP 09-2022; C275CW, EXP 10-2022; C330BG, EXP 12-2022; e) B100JS, Exp 04/2021; B183GQ, EXP 07-2021; B255KZ, EXP 09-2021; C030HS, EXP 02-2022; C100AH, EXP 04-2022; C247JF, EXP 09-2022; f) B122DY , EXP 05-2021; B183GN, EXP 07-2021; B183GP, EXP 07-2021; B262BF, EXP 01-2022; C002KF, EXP 02-2022; C030HT, EXP 02-2022; C094LT, EXP 04-2022; C156FF, EXP 09-2022; C275CW, EXP 12-2022; C338CH, EXP 05-2022;
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
76305-300-13 -
NDC
76305-300-02 -
NDC
76305-300-03 -
NDC
76305-300-04 -
NDC
76305-300-06 -
UPC
687806100042 -
UPC
687806100062 -
UPC
687806100082 -
UPC
687806100167 -
UPC
687806101287
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.
Distributed Nationwide in the USA as well as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Turks & Caicos, Republic of Maldives, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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 10, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Sep 2, 2021.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 8, 2021.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- China Gel Inc, of Arlington Heights, IL.
- 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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