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Spectrum: Epinephrine bulk API — FDA announcement Jan 9, 2023
Reported terminated
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Source date Jan 9, 2023. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.
Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; check FSIS directly. Source coverage and dates.
What the record says
- Product
- Epinephrine bulk API
- Reason
- Product discoloration
- Classification
- Not supplied
- Recalling firm
- Spectrum Laboratory Products Inc.
- Quantity
- Not supplied
- Agency-reported status
- Terminated in FDA listing
- Source record identifier
- ce3922212e3b0594
Lot and product identifiers
| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
|---|---|
| Lot, code or applicability | Epinephrine (L-Adrenaline) USP bulk API Powder, is used in manufacturing and compounding of finished dose epinephrine prescription products which can be used to treat a variety of medical conditions including anaphylaxis and other severe immediate hypersensitivity reactions, asthma, bronchospasm, airway edema, nasal congestion, dilation during intraocular surgery, vasoconstrictor with local anesthetics, hypotension or shock, heart failure, bradycardia or atrioventricular block, and sudden cardiac arrest. The Epinephrine (L-Adrenaline) USP bulk API Powder is packaged in amber glass bottles enclosed in a vacuum sealed pouch. NDC’s, Package sizes, lot numbers and expiration dates can be found in the table below. The affected Epinephrine, USP product can be identified by Spectrum catalog number EP130. Product was distributed directly from Spectrum facilities nationwide in the USA and to Canada.; Product | NDC | Package Size | Lot # | Exp Date; Epinephrine, USP (Product code EP130); 49452-2740-2 | 1 KG | 1KG0865 | 31-Mar-2023; 49452-2740-1 | 100 GM | 2KL0353 2KF0151 | 30-Sep-2023 31-Mar-2023; 49452-2740-4 | 1 GM; 49452-2740-3 | 25 GM; 49452-2740-5 | 5 GM |
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Product tables from the announcement
These identifying details come from the company announcement posted by FDA. Check the current notice for revisions.
| Product | NDC | Package Size | Lot # | Exp Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinephrine, USP (Product code EP130) | ||||
| 49452-2740-2 | 1 KG | 1KG0865 | 31-Mar-2023 | |
| 49452-2740-1 | 100 GM | 2KL0353 2KF0151 | 30-Sep-2023 31-Mar-2023 | |
| 49452-2740-4 | 1 GM | |||
| 49452-2740-3 | 25 GM | |||
| 49452-2740-5 | 5 GM |
Announcement retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Official announcement.
Distribution
Not supplied
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Dates in the source
- Fda listing date
- Jan 9, 2023
- Company announcement date
- Jan 9, 2023
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