BUPIVACAINE HCL & EPINEPHRINE, P.F. 0.25% / 1:200,000 INJECTABLE 900 ML
Medicine recall D-1470-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 79 units 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?
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Franck’s Lab Inc. initiated a recall of all Sterile Human Drugs distributed between 11/21/2011 and 05/21/2012 because FDA environmental sampling revealed the presence of microorganisms and fungal growth in the clean room where sterile products were prepared.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
BUPIVACAINE HCL & EPINEPHRINE, P.F. 0.25% / 1:200,000 INJECTABLE 900 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL & EPINEPHRINE, P.F. 0.5% / 1:200,000 INJECTABLE 900 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL 0.25% INJECTABLE 120 ML,180 ML, 240 ML, 250 ML, 300 ML, 500 ML, 60 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL 0.5% INJECTABLE1000 ML, 120 ML, 200 ML, 250 ML, 400 ML, 50 ML, 500 ML, 600 ML, 750 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL, P.F. 0.25% INJECTABLE 1000 ML, 120 ML, 1200 ML, 150 ML, 1500 ML, 180 ML, 240 ML, 300 ML, 60 ML, 600 ML, 900 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL, P.F. 0.5% INJECTABLE 10 ML, 120 ML, 1500 ML, 20 ML, 200 ML, 240 ML, 2500 ML, 300 ML, 360 ML, 600 ML, 960 ML; BUPIVACAINE HCL, P.F. 0.75% INJECTABLE 1200 ML, 150 ML, 240 ML, 30 ML, 600 ML, 7 ML (47 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
79 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Rx #’s: 0402964 0402963 0398083 0398557 0398524 0406883 0396497 0401829 0407441 0408458 0408393 0398196 0398084 0405518 0397074 0401694 0401412 0398196 0404325 0397888 0407444 0408529 0408099 0401897 0402614 0405996 0402614 0405382 0398014…
Every code shown here, 479 characters
Rx #’s: 0402964 0402963 0398083 0398557 0398524 0406883 0396497 0401829 0407441 0408458 0408393 0398196 0398084 0405518 0397074 0401694 0401412 0398196 0404325 0397888 0407444 0408529 0408099 0401897 0402614 0405996 0402614 0405382 0398014 0398022 0400197 0400116 0400197 0401897 0405996 0398014 0402614 0398014 0401755 0401755 0404391 0402616 0401688 0398026 0399744 0402617 0398026 0401755 0398026 0402616 0400850 0404643 0408996 0403960 0400509 0400960 0403759 0404643 0405771
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide, Bahamas, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Poland, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and West Indies
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?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, 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 May 25, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Aug 10, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 22, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 13, 2014.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Franck’s Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck’s Compounding Lab, of Ocala, FL.
- 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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