Fluoxetine

Fluoxetine recalls: 7 FDA reports

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

7Reports
0Class I
0Ongoing
2025-06-11Most 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 II7

By year reported

YearReports
20143
20152
20252
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.

Fluoxetine Tablets, USP, 20 mg, 28-count Carton (4x7 Unit-dose), Manufactured by: TORRENT PHARMACEUTIALS LTD.,

D-0456-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-06-11  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Presence of N-Nitroso Fluoxetine exceeding interim acceptable intake limit.
Product
Fluoxetine Tablets, USP, 20 mg, 28-count Carton (4x7 Unit-dose), Manufactured by: TORRENT PHARMACEUTIALS LTD., Indrad-382 721 INDIA; Manufactured for: TORRENT PHARMA INC., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. NDC: 13668-473-91 (Carton); 13668-473-70 (Blister)
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide.
How much
972 Cartons

Fluoxetine Tablets, USP, 20 mg, 30-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: TORRENT PHARMACEUTIALS LTD., Indra

D-0455-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-06-11  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Presence of N-Nitroso Fluoxetine exceeding interim acceptable intake limit.
Product
Fluoxetine Tablets, USP, 20 mg, 30-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: TORRENT PHARMACEUTIALS LTD., Indrad-382 721 INDIA; Manufactured for: TORRENT PHARMA INC., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. NDC: 13668-473-30
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide.
How much
3672 Bottles

Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 20 mg, packaged in a) 500-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-02), and (b) 1000- count bottl

D-0971-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2015-05-06  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Chemical Contamination: Product recalled due to an elevated level of a residual solvent impurity in the API that exceeds the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) calculation for the impurity.
Product
Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 20 mg, packaged in a) 500-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-02), and (b) 1000- count bottles (NDC 50111-648-03), Rx only, Manufactured by Pliva Krakow Pharmaceutical Company S.A., Krakow, Poland; Manufactured for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA 18960
Where it went
Nationwide

Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 10 mg, in 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by Pliva Krakow Pharmaceutical Com

D-0970-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2015-05-06  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Chemical Contamination: Product recalled due to an elevated level of a residual solvent impurity in the API that exceeds the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) calculation for the impurity.
Product
Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 10 mg, in 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by Pliva Krakow Pharmaceutical Company S.A., Krakow, Poland, Manufactured for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA 18960. NDC 50111-647-01
Where it went
Nationwide

Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 20 mg, packaged in a) 100-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-01), b) 500-count bottles (NDC

D-1280-2014  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2014-05-07  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Chemical Contamination: Recall due to a customer complaint trend regarding capsule odor.
Product
Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 20 mg, packaged in a) 100-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-01), b) 500-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-02), c) 1000-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-03), and d) 2000-count bottles (NDC 50111-648-44), Rx only, Manufactured in Poland By: Pliva Krakow Pharmaceutical Company S.A., Krakow, Poland; Manufactured For: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA 18960.
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
257904 bottles

Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 10 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured in Poland By: Pliva Krakow Pharmaceut

D-1281-2014  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2014-05-07  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Chemical Contamination: Recall due to a customer complaint trend regarding capsule odor.
Product
Fluoxetine Capsules USP, 10 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured in Poland By: Pliva Krakow Pharmaceutical Company S.A., Krakow, Poland; Manufactured For: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA 18960, NDC 50111-647-01, UPC 3 50111-647-01 5.
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
72,356 bottles

Fluoxetine Capsules, USP, 20 mg, 30-count bottles, Rx only, Distributed by: Wal-Mart, Bentonville, AR 72716;

D-1279-2014  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2014-05-07  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Chemical Contamination: The recalling firm received notice that their supplier is recalling capsules due to complaints of capsules having an unusual odor.
Product
Fluoxetine Capsules, USP, 20 mg, 30-count bottles, Rx only, Distributed by: Wal-Mart, Bentonville, AR 72716; Manufactured by: TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, Sellersville, PA 18960; Packaged by: Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging LLC, Earth City, MO 63045, NDC 68645-130-54, UPC 3 68645 13054 5.
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
667,068 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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