Prestige Brand Holdings has voluntarily recalled a batch of its Clear Eyes eye drops after FDA alert
Nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being pulled from store shelves across the US over concerns about potential contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Prestige Brand Holdings, based in Tarrytown, New York, has voluntarily recalled 39,060 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief eye drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility”, an FDA enforcement report states. The FDA classified the action as a Class II recall, defined on the agency’s website as a moderate-risk situation “in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote”.
The recall specifically covers 15ml bottles carrying lot code 2552A and an expiration date of 30 September 2027. The eye drops were distributed by Medtech Products Inc, a Prestige Consumer Healthcare company.
It happened also before
The facility, it seemed, was primed to produce contaminated products. FDA inspectors noted that Global Pharma didn’t verify that components of the solutions, bought from suppliers, were sterile to begin with. And the areas of the facility where the solution was supposed to be made aseptically—contamination-free—weren’t fit for producing sterile products. That is, the walls, ceilings, and floors were not smooth, hard surfaces that could be readily sterilized as they should be. Instead, there were cracks, protruding nails, and holes in the wall. But, even if the area was cleanable, the company’s protocols for cleaning were also deficient, the report noted.
FDA inspectors noted problems with cleaning and maintenance of machinery, which could have led to cross-contamination from other products manufactured in the facility. On the second inspection day, an inspector also noted a “black, brown colored greasy deposit” on parts of the filling machine, and the facility’s equipment logbook noted that it hadn’t been cleaned in nearly a month. A few days later, a manager told the inspector that there was “no procedure for cleaning” the filling machine.
Main reason: in order to make more money they outsourced production from the united states to the cheapest facility that they could find in India
In this way they saved $0.15 per bottle, who cares if hundreds of people lose vision
It’s really weird watching this country slowly fall apart piece by piece from the inside. It’s like death by a thousand dog bites.
Didn’t this happen already with Bausch and Lomb?
And, the hits just keep on coming!
Why? Because that money needed to go to the filthy rich, because they didn’t have it yet. Product and food safety be damned, they all have access to healthcare, they’ll be fine.
33%
But—but… the Libertarians told me that a free, deregulated market was the bestest thing ever! They’d never lie to me!
Seriously, though, anyone who unironically says free markets are a good thing is an idiot, an ass, or both.
I was actually curious about this. Based on historic data we aren’t seeing an increase in recalls (yet). It’s possible each recall is worse (affecting more products or people), but I didn’t see enough information to analyze that. I suspect that we’re really just seeing more news articles because of the really bad lettuce recall.
The current government has set the tone and workers and managers are cutting corners because it’s “liberal bullshit”. There’s no reason for this stuff to happen other than incompetence .
Don’t worry a quick million to the criminal in chief and that silly recall will go away
It’s a voluntary recall. They took it upon themselves to publicly recall a product. Why would they bribe anyone?
That’s what happens when you let RFK Jr rub the top of the bottle under his armpits before packaging.
The bottles were all sterile, and that is considered extremely unhealthy by the secretary of health who ordered them recalled immediately. Eye drops are from now on required to be based on raw water, so we all can have pretty eyes like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
How does anyone take health advice from him seriously simply from the way he sounds
He sounds like he gargles a puree of carolina reapers, everclear, and nails every single morning.
The man is a raving lunatic, just like most of the rest of the Trump administration. Only the best people. 🤡 🤮
Only water from puddles containing roadkill is allowed. Or water containing sewage, suitable for swimming in.
Yes because it’s the only sensible thing to do if you are insane.
Hey, 'Murica,
Ya sick of all the winning yet?
I think we’re just sick. Thanks, RFK.
Nobody saw it coming.
I want a fucking adult in charge! Wtf??? How do these grifting pieces of shit sleep at night? God damn, if blue takes over again these ratfucks need jail time!
