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Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine Bitartrate recalls: 5 FDA reports

Recalls involving Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine Bitartrate. What was wrong with each batch, and how the FDA graded the risk.

5Reports

0Class I

0Ongoing

2023-01-25Most 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.

Class	What the FDA is saying
Class I	There is a reasonable probability that using this will cause serious harm or death.
Class II	It may cause temporary or reversible harm. Serious harm is unlikely.
Class III	It 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

Class	Reports
Class II	5

By year reported

Year	Reports
2016	1
2020	1
2023	3

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.

Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.5%,

D-0128-2023 · Class II · reported 2023-01-25 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.
Product: Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.5%, 250 mg per 50 mL (5 mg per mL), 50 mL Multiple Dose Vial (NDC 63323-463-01), packaged in 25 Multiple Dose Vials per tray (NDC 63323-463-57), Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.
Where it went: Nationwide in the USA
How much: 40,025 vials

Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0

D-0129-2023 · Class II · reported 2023-01-25 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.
Product: Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.25%, 25 mg per 10 mL (2.5 mg per mL), 10 mL Single Dose Vial (NDC 63323-468-01), packaged in 25 Single Dose Vials per tray (NDC 63323-468-17), Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.
Where it went: Nationwide in the USA
How much: 31,600 vials

Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.25%

D-0127-2023 · Class II · reported 2023-01-25 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.
Product: Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.25%, 125 mg per 50 mL (2.5 mg per mL), 50 mL Multiple Dose Vial (NDC 63323-461-01), packaged in 25 Multiple Dose Vials per tray (NDC 63323-461-57), Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.
Where it went: Nationwide in the USA
How much: 40,375 vials

Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP), 0.5%, 150 mg per 30 mL (5 mg per mL), 30 mL

D-0172-2021 · Class II · reported 2020-12-30 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Subpotent Drug: Low out-of-specification assay results for the epinephrine component.
Product: Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP), 0.5%, 150 mg per 30 mL (5 mg per mL), 30 mL Single Dose Vial (NDC 63323-462-01), packaged as 25 Single Dose Vials per tray (NDC 63323-462-37), Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.
Where it went: Nationwide in the USA
How much: 4411 trays

Sensorcaine- MPF (Bupivacaine HCI Injection, USP), 0.75% in a 30 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi

D-1037-2016 · Class II · reported 2016-06-22 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Presence of Particulate Matter: Glass particulate found in sterile injectable product
Product: Sensorcaine- MPF (Bupivacaine HCI Injection, USP), 0.75% in a 30 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, NDC 63323-472-37
Where it went: Nationwide
How much: 69225 units

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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