Morphine Sulfate

Morphine Sulfate recalls: 12 FDA reports

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

12Reports
0Class I
3Ongoing
2025-12-17Most 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 III7
Class II5

By year reported

YearReports
20131
20171
20181
20195
20211
20241
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.

Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution 100 mg / 5 mL (20 mg* / mL), 30 mL, Rx Only, For Oral Use Only, Manufactured By

D-0223-2026  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2025-12-17  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Correct Labeled Product Mispack-Size stated on carton label did not match the size of the bottle in the carton.
Product
Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution 100 mg / 5 mL (20 mg* / mL), 30 mL, Rx Only, For Oral Use Only, Manufactured By: /winder Laboratories, LLC, Winder, GA 30680. NDC: 75826-131-01
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
3,528 30 mL Bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 100 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Ohm Laboratori

D-0249-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-03-12  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 100 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Ohm Laboratories Inc., New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512. NDC 63304-452-01
Where it went
Nationwide within in the USA.
How much
9840 bottles

Infumorph (Preservative-free Morphine Sulfate Sterile Solution), 20 mL ampul, Rx only, Manufactured by Hikma B

D-0392-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-03-27  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
The filter included in the carton has an expiration date that has expired prior to the expiration date of the actual product lot.
Product
Infumorph (Preservative-free Morphine Sulfate Sterile Solution), 20 mL ampul, Rx only, Manufactured by Hikma Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, NDC 0641-6039-01
Where it went
Nationwide within the United States
How much
22,644 ampuls

Morphine Sulfate Injection, USP, 2 mg per mL, 1 mL single dose vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL

D-0856-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-10-06  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Defective container: Cracked vials leading to lack of sterility assurance
Product
Morphine Sulfate Injection, USP, 2 mg per mL, 1 mL single dose vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, NDC 63323-452-01. 25 vials per tray packaged 18 trays per shipper
Where it went
U.S.A. Nationwide
How much
963000 vials

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 60 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laborator

D-1245-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2019-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 60 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873 Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202 NDC 43386-542-01
Where it went
Product was shipped to 5 wholesalers and one Supermarket Chain who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
How much
10,284 bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 100 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laborato

D-1246-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2019-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 100 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873 Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202 NDC 43386-543-01
Where it went
Product was shipped to 5 wholesalers and one Supermarket Chain who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
How much
3,444 bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 200 mg Rx Only 100 Tablets Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc

D-1247-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2019-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 200 mg Rx Only 100 Tablets Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873 Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202 NDC 43386-544-01
Where it went
Product was shipped to 5 wholesalers and one Supermarket Chain who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
How much
324 bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 15 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laborator

D-1243-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2019-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 15 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873 Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202, NDC 43386-540-01
Where it went
Product was shipped to 5 wholesalers and one Supermarket Chain who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
How much
17,328 bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 30 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laborator

D-1244-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2019-05-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 30 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873 Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202 NDC 43386-541-01
Where it went
Product was shipped to 5 wholesalers and one Supermarket Chain who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.
How much
15,320 bottles

Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 30 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratori

D-1214-2018  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2018-09-26  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Morphine Sulfate Extended Release Tablets are being recalled due to out of Specification Result noticed for Morphinone Sulfate impurity during 3 month stability analysis and during retain testing.
Product
Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Tablets, 30 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202, NDC 43386-541-01
Where it went
U.S.A. Nationwide
How much
4716 bottle

Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution, 100 mg/ 5 mL (20 mg/mL), packaged in a 1 oz. bottle containing 30 mL with an o

D-1126-2017  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2017-09-06  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Defective container: Oral solution leaking from container.
Product
Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution, 100 mg/ 5 mL (20 mg/mL), packaged in a 1 oz. bottle containing 30 mL with an oral syringe, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Tris Pharma, Inc. Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852, NDC 27808-082-01
Where it went
U.S.A. Nationwide
How much
34,824 bottles

Preservative-Free MORPHINE Sulfate Injection, USP, 10 mg/10 mL (1 mg/mL) 10 mL vial, Rx only, HOSPIRA, INC, LA

D-308-2013  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2013-05-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Loose crimp applied to the fliptop vial
Product
Preservative-Free MORPHINE Sulfate Injection, USP, 10 mg/10 mL (1 mg/mL) 10 mL vial, Rx only, HOSPIRA, INC, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045 USA NDC 0409-3815-12
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
26,100 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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