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Lidocaine Hydrochloride,Epinephrine Bitartrate recalls: 5 FDA reports

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

5Reports

0Class I

2Ongoing

2026-07-29Most 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
2021	1
2022	2
2026	2

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.

Xylocaine (lidocaine HCl Injection, USP), 1%, 200 mg per 20 mL (10 mg per mL), 25 Multiple-Dose Vials, 20 mL,

D-0728-2026 · Class II · reported 2026-07-29 · Ongoing

Why it was recalled: Presence of Particulate Matter: Hair was found in products
Product: Xylocaine (lidocaine HCl Injection, USP), 1%, 200 mg per 20 mL (10 mg per mL), 25 Multiple-Dose Vials, 20 mL, Rx only, Sterile, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 NDC Tray: 63323-485-27; NDC Vial: 63323-485-01
Where it went: Nationwide within in the USA
How much: 93,250 vials

Xylocaine (lidocaine HCl Injection, USP), 1%, 500 mg per 50 mL (10 mg per mL), 25 Multiple-Dose Vials, 50 mL,

D-0729-2026 · Class II · reported 2026-07-29 · Ongoing

Why it was recalled: Presence of Particulate Matter: Hair was found in products
Product: Xylocaine (lidocaine HCl Injection, USP), 1%, 500 mg per 50 mL (10 mg per mL), 25 Multiple-Dose Vials, 50 mL, Rx only, Sterile, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 NDC Tray: 63323-485-57; NDC Vial: 63323-485-03
Where it went: Nationwide within in the USA
How much: 37,250 vials

Xylocaine + Epinephrine, multi dose vial 1%, packaged in a) 20 mL, 25-count box (NDC 63323-482-27) b) 50 mL, 2

D-1052-2022 · Class II · reported 2022-06-15 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Product: Xylocaine + Epinephrine, multi dose vial 1%, packaged in a) 20 mL, 25-count box (NDC 63323-482-27) b) 50 mL, 25-count box (NDC 63323-482-57), Rx only, MFG: Fresenius Kabi USA LLC
Where it went: USA nationwide.
How much: 76 trays/25 vials per tray

Xylocaine + Epinephrine, multi dose vial 2%, 20 mL, 25 count box, Rx only, MFG: Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, NDC 63

D-1053-2022 · Class II · reported 2022-06-15 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Product: Xylocaine + Epinephrine, multi dose vial 2%, 20 mL, 25 count box, Rx only, MFG: Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, NDC 63323-483-27
Where it went: USA nationwide.
How much: 33 trays/25 vials per tray

Xylocaine-MPF with Epinephrine 1:200,000, (Lidocaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP), 1%, 300 mg/30 mL, (1

D-0651-2021 · Class II · reported 2021-07-14 · Terminated

Why it was recalled: Low out of specification results for epinephrine assay.
Product: Xylocaine-MPF with Epinephrine 1:200,000, (Lidocaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP), 1%, 300 mg/30 mL, (10 mg/mL), 30 mL Single Dose Vial, 25 Vials per Tray, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, Lake Zurich, IL 60047. Vial NDC 63323-487-07, Tray NDC 63323-487-37
Where it went: Distributed Nationwide in the USA
How much: 234,800 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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