Haloperidol Decanoate

Haloperidol Decanoate recalls: 12 FDA reports

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

12Reports
0Class I
8Ongoing
2025-04-30Most 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 II10
Class III2

By year reported

YearReports
20141
20152
20161
20241
20257
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.

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL*, 1 x 1 mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx only, Manufactured by: Somerset Th

D-0368-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-30  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of assurance of sterility. Bacterial contamination detected in some media fill units
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL*, 1 x 1 mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutics Limited, #54/1, Boodhihal Village, Nelamangala, Bangalore - 562123, Karnataka, India, Manufactured for BluePoint Laboratories, NDC 68001-581-41.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
14,189 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100mg/mL*, 5 x 1 mL Single-Dose Vials, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Th

D-0369-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-30  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of assurance of sterility. Bacterial contamination detected in some media fill units
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100mg/mL*, 5 x 1 mL Single-Dose Vials, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutics Limited, #54/1 Boodhihal Village, Nelamangala, Bangalore -562123, Karnataka, India, Manufactured for: BluePoint Laboratories, NDC 68001-581-48.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
143 1x5 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50mg/mL* , 1 mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx only, Manufactured by Somerset Therapeut

D-0367-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-30  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of assurance of sterility. Bacterial contamination detected in some media fill units
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50mg/mL* , 1 mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx only, Manufactured by Somerset Therapeutics Limited, 54/1, Boodhihal Village, Nelamangala, Bangalore - 562123, Karnataka, India, Manufactured for: BluePoint Laboratories, NDC 68001-580-41.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
2,110 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutics

D-0356-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-16  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Media fill with bacterial contamination
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutics Limited, Kamataka India, Manufactured for: BluePoint Laboratories NDC 68001-580-41
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
4956 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Somerset Therapeu

D-0358-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-16  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Media fill with bacterial contamination
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Somerset Therapeutics, LLC, Somerset, NJ 08873, NDC 70069-383-10
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
240 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Somerset Therapeutic

D-0355-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-16  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Media fill with bacterial contamination
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Somerset Therapeutics, LLC, Somerset, NJ 08873, NDC 70069-381-01 (individual carton) and NDC 70069-381-10 (10x1 mL carton)
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
997 vials

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 100mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutic

D-0357-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-16  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Media fill with bacterial contamination
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection 100mg/mL, 1mL Single-Dose Vial, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Somerset Therapeutics Limited, Kamataka, India, Manufactured for: BluePoint Laboratories NDC 68001-581-41 (individual carton) and NDC 68001-581-48 (5x1 mL cartons)
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
23,960 vials

Haloperidol decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, packaged in a) 1 mL Single-Dose Vials (NDC 70069-381-01) and b) 10 1m

D-0506-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-05-29  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Substance: This oil based product may contain trace amounts of water for injection (WFI).
Product
Haloperidol decanoate Injection 50mg/mL, packaged in a) 1 mL Single-Dose Vials (NDC 70069-381-01) and b) 10 1mL Single-Dose Vials (NDC 70069-381-10), Rx only, Manufactured for: Somerset Therapeutics, LLC, Hollywood, FL 33024, Made in India.
Where it went
Nationwide within the United States
How much
5,578 units

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, Rx Only. Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, Lake Zurich, IL 60047,

D-0818-2016  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2016-04-20  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Firm is recalling product due to an impurity out-of-specification result.
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, Rx Only. Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, NDC 63323-469-01.
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
48,210 units

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL, For Intra Muscular Use Only, 1 mL single dose vials (NDC 67457-409

D-0421-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2015-04-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; due to leaking vials
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 100 mg/mL, For Intra Muscular Use Only, 1 mL single dose vials (NDC 67457-409-00) packaged in cartons of five (NDC 67457-409-13), Rx only, Manufactured in India for: Mylan Institutional LLC Rockford, IL 61103
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
11,030 cartons (55,150 vials)

Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50 mg/mL, For Intra Muscular Use Only, 1 mL single dose vials (NDC 67457-410-

D-0422-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2015-04-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility; due to leaking vials
Product
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection, 50 mg/mL, For Intra Muscular Use Only, 1 mL single dose vials (NDC 67457-410-00) packaged in cartons of ten (NDC 67457-410-13), Rx only, Manufactured in India for: Mylan Institutional LLC Rockford, IL 61103
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
2,523 cartons (25,936 vials)

HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE INJECTION, 50 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, Schaumburg, IL 60173 N

D-0247-2015  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2014-11-19  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Fresenius Kabi is recalling three lots of Haloperidol Decanoate Injection due to an out-of-specification result.
Product
HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE INJECTION, 50 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, Schaumburg, IL 60173 NDC 63323-469-01
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
216,517 vials
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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