Carbamazepine

Carbamazepine recalls: 5 FDA reports

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

5Reports
0Class I
1Ongoing
2025-10-08Most 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 II4
Class III1

By year reported

YearReports
20141
20201
20211
20221
20251
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.

Carbamazepine Extended-Release Tablets, USP 400 mg, 30 Tablets per carton (3x10 unit dose cards), Rx Only, Ame

D-0675-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-10-08  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications.
Product
Carbamazepine Extended-Release Tablets, USP 400 mg, 30 Tablets per carton (3x10 unit dose cards), Rx Only, American Health Packaging, Columbus, OH 43217. Carton NDC 60687-594-21; (Individual Dose NDC: 60687-594-11)
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
360 cartons

Carbamazepine Tablets, USP 200 mg 100 Tablets Rx only NDC 13668-268-01 Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceutical

D-0365-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-01-19  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications
Product
Carbamazepine Tablets, USP 200 mg 100 Tablets Rx only NDC 13668-268-01 Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Bharuch-392130, India Manufactured for: Torrent Pharma Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Where it went
Nationwide USA
How much
15,336 Bottles

Carbamazepine 200mg Tablets, USP, 200 mg, 100 Count Unit Dose Cartons, Rx only, Manufactured by: Torrent Pharm

D-0807-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-09-29  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications
Product
Carbamazepine 200mg Tablets, USP, 200 mg, 100 Count Unit Dose Cartons, Rx only, Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Bharuch-392130, India; Manufactured for: Torrent Pharma, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920; Distributed by: MAJOR PHARMACEUTICALS, 17177 N. Laurel Park Dr., Suite 233, Livonia, MI 48152 USA. NDC 0904-6172-61
Where it went
NC
How much
4 Cartons of 100 count each

Carbamazepine Tablets, USP 200 mg, packaged in a 500-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceu

D-1317-2020  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2020-06-10  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications
Product
Carbamazepine Tablets, USP 200 mg, packaged in a 500-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bharuch 392130, India; Manufactured for: Torrent Pharma Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, NDC 13668-268-05
Where it went
USA Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
6228 Bottles

Carbamazepine Tablets USP, 200 mg, 1000 Tablets per Bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Taro Pharmaceutical Indu

D-0049-2015  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2014-11-05  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA: One lot was on hold-pending release status when it was erroneously made available for sale in the inventory control system. An alternate manufacturing site for the Carbamazepine API final intermediate was pending approval.
Product
Carbamazepine Tablets USP, 200 mg, 1000 Tablets per Bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Haifa Bay, Israel 26110 Distributed by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Hawthorne, NY 10532, NDC 51672-4005-3.
Where it went
IL, OH, LA
How much
1,966 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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