Drug FDA Class II Ongoing Foreign material
TopCare health, ULTRA STRENGTH, Antacid Tablets, CALCIUM CARBONATE 1000mg, 72 CHEWABLE TABLETS, DISTRIBUTED BY TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC.,ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007, NDC 76162-129-68.
Guardian Drug Co. Inc. Published Jun 10, 2026
Risk level
Class IIMay cause a temporary or reversible health problem; slight chance of serious harm.
Severity score 60/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact Guardian Drug Co. Inc. or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
Presence of foreign substance: small metallic particles in chewable tablets.
Hazards
Metal Particulate · primary
Affected products (1)
TopCare health, ULTRA STRENGTH, Antacid Tablets, CALCIUM CARBONATE 1000mg, 72 CHEWABLE TABLETS, DISTRIBUTED BY TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC.,ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007, NDC 76162-129-68.
TOPCARE ULTRA STRENGTH ANTACID ASSORTED FRUIT
NDC: 76162-129, 76162-129-68
Code info: Lot #: 1716089, expires: JAN- 2029.
Affected areas
Nationwide
Timeline
- InitiatedMay 28, 2026
- PublishedJun 10, 2026
- Recall number
- D-0579-2026
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA drug enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.