12-Hour Sinus (oxymetazoline hydrochloride) Nasal Spray, 0.05%, 1 FL OZ
Medicine recall D-161-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 20, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 20, 2013. 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
- 32,460 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?
Microbial Contamination of a Non-Sterile Products: 12-Hour Sinus Nasal Spray under various labeling are being recalled due to microbial contamination identified during testing.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
12-Hour Sinus (oxymetazoline hydrochloride) Nasal Spray, 0.05%, 1 FL OZ (30 mL), labeled as a) 12 HOUR SINUS Nasal Spray, Best Choice, Proudly Distributed By: Valu Merchandisers, Co., Kansas City, MO 64111, UPC 0 70038 61226 1; b) Nasal Spray Sinus, Distributed by Discount Drug Mart, Medina, Ohio 44258, UPC 0 9335112623 9; c) sinus relief nasal spray, Distributed By DUANE reade, 440 Ninth Avenue, NY, NY 10001, UPC 6 39194 04551 3; d) 12 Hour Nasal Relief Sinus Nasal Spray, Distributed by: Lee Pharmaceuticals, South El Monte, CA 91733, UPC 0 23558 69230 5; e) Sinus Nasal Spray, Premier Value, Distributed By: Chain Drug Consortium, LLC, 2300 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 115, Boca Raton, FL 33431, UPC 8 40986 01517 5, NDC 68016-0307-03; f) Nasal Relief Sinus Squeeze Spray, Distributed By Quality Choice, Novi, Michigan 48376-0995, UPC 6 35515 99012 8, NDC 63868-0062-30; g) sinus relief nasal spray, Distributed By: Rite Aid, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011, UPC 0 11822 14576 3; h) Sinus Nasal Spray, Distributed by: Select Brand Distributors, Pine Bluff, AR 71603, UPC 015127 02305 4, NDC 15127-889-30.
32,460 bottles, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot #: 2111 and 2114, Exp 04/14
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
68016-0307-03 -
NDC
63868-0062-30 -
NDC
15127-889-30 -
UPC
070038612261 -
UPC
093351126239 -
UPC
639194045513 -
UPC
023558692305 -
UPC
840986015175 -
UPC
635515990128 -
UPC
011822145763 -
UPC
015127023054
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
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 Dec 21, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Feb 11, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 20, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 22, 2013.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Lee Pharmaceuticals, Inc, of South El Monte, CA.
- 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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