Amoxicillin

Amoxicillin recalls: 8 FDA reports

Recalls involving Amoxicillin. What was wrong with each batch, and how the FDA graded the risk.

8Reports
0Class I
0Ongoing
2024-01-03Most recent

What the classes mean

The FDA sorts every recall into one of three classes. The class is the whole story. It is also the part people skip.

ClassWhat the FDA is saying
Class IThere is a reasonable probability that using this will cause serious harm or death.
Class IIIt may cause temporary or reversible harm. Serious harm is unlikely.
Class IIIIt breaks a rule but is unlikely to hurt anyone. Often a labelling fault.

Class II is the bulk of every list here. That matters. A long list of Class II says something different from one Class I.

By class

ClassReports
Class II5
Class III3

By year reported

YearReports
20133
20162
20221
20242
Checking whether it affects you

The lot or code number is what matters. Not the product name. A recall covers specific lots. Yours may not be one of them.

Check the code on your package against the report. The FDA keeps the current list at fda.gov/safety/recalls.

The reports

The text below is quoted from the FDA record word for word.

AMOXICILLIN Tablets, USP, 875MG, 20 Tablets, Rx Only, Manufactured by Sandoz GmbH for Sandoz Inc., Princeton,

D-0166-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-01-03  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Products were exposed to temperatures outside of the products labeled storage conditions.
Product
AMOXICILLIN Tablets, USP, 875MG, 20 Tablets, Rx Only, Manufactured by Sandoz GmbH for Sandoz Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540. NDC: 0781-5060-20
Where it went
Nationwide USA
How much
2 units

AMOXICILLIN for Oral Suspension USP, 400MG/5ML, 100ML (when reconstituted), Manufactured In Canada By: TEVA CA

D-0165-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-01-03  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Products were exposed to temperatures outside of the products labeled storage conditions.
Product
AMOXICILLIN for Oral Suspension USP, 400MG/5ML, 100ML (when reconstituted), Manufactured In Canada By: TEVA CANA LIMITED, Toronto, Canada M1B 2K9; Manufactured For: TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., North Wales, PA 19454. NDC: 0093-4161-73
Where it went
Nationwide USA
How much
3 units

Amoxicillin Capsules, USP, 500 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, MFG: Sandoz Pharma, NDC 0781-2613-01

D-1025-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-06-15  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Product
Amoxicillin Capsules, USP, 500 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, MFG: Sandoz Pharma, NDC 0781-2613-01
Where it went
USA nationwide.
How much
12 bottles

Amoxicillin for Oral suspension, USP 400 mg/5 mL, 100 mL (when reconstituted), Rx only, Manufactured by: Hikma

D-0147-2017  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2016-11-30  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling: Label Error on Declared Strength: Some bottles miss a color coded panel where the strength of the product is typically displayed.
Product
Amoxicillin for Oral suspension, USP 400 mg/5 mL, 100 mL (when reconstituted), Rx only, Manufactured by: Hikma Pharmaceuticals, P.O. Box 183400, Amman 11118 - Jordan, NDC 0143-9887-01
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
32,102 bottles

Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension USP, 400 mg/ 5 mL, 50 mL bottle, Rx only, Manufactured In Canada by: Teva Cana

D-1470-2016  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2016-08-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Superpotent drug: Out of specification test result for assay during stability testing.
Product
Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension USP, 400 mg/ 5 mL, 50 mL bottle, Rx only, Manufactured In Canada by: Teva Canada Limited, Toronto, Canada, NDC 0093-4161-76
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
53,328 bottles

Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 200 mg/5 mL, a) 75 mL bottle NDC 0093-4160-78 and b) 100 mL bottle NDC 00

D-803-2013  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2013-07-24  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Discoloration: This recall is being carried out due to an orange to brown discolored Amoxicillin powder on the inner foil seal of the bottles. This is an expansion of RES 65050.
Product
Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 200 mg/5 mL, a) 75 mL bottle NDC 0093-4160-78 and b) 100 mL bottle NDC 0093-4160-73, Rx Only, Manufactured in Canada by: Teva Canada Limited, Toronto, Canada M1B2K9, Manufactured for: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA 18960.
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
109,080 Bottles

Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 400mg/5mL, NDC 0093-4161-78 (75ml) and 0093-4161-73 (100mL)

D-598-2013  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2013-06-19  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Discoloration: This recall is being carried out due to a yellow to brown discolored Amoxicillin powder on the inner foil seal of the bottles.
Product
Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 400mg/5mL, NDC 0093-4161-78 (75ml) and 0093-4161-73 (100mL)
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
758,554 bottles

Amoxicillin Capsules USP 500 mg, Manufactured in Austria by Sandoz GmbH for Sandoz Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540,

D-268-2013  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2013-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Substance, Sandoz is recalling certain lots of Amoxicillin Capsules, USP 500 mg due to potential contamination with fragments of stainless steel wire mesh.
Product
Amoxicillin Capsules USP 500 mg, Manufactured in Austria by Sandoz GmbH for Sandoz Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540, Rx only. Manufactured in 500 ct (NDC 0781-2613-05) and 30 ct (NDC 0781-2613-31) bottles.
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
8286 x 30 ct, 37108 x 500 ct. bottles
Read these counts with three things in mind

A firm with more recalls usually makes more products. A contract packer runs hundreds of lines. It will out-recall a company with one product whatever either does. This is not a safety ranking.

Most recalls here are voluntary. A firm found its own fault and pulled the stock. That is the system working. It lands in this database looking the same as a recall the FDA had to push for.

Terminated means the FDA considers the recall finished. It is not a verdict. It does not mean anyone was harmed.

Source: openFDA enforcement reports, retrieved 2026-08-05. FDA dataset last updated 2026-07-29.

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