Drug FDA Class II Terminated cGMP deviation
EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anesthetic, 6 patches per box PATCHES, LIDOCAINE 4%, Distributed by: Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716 NDC 79903-106-06
Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited Published Dec 4, 2024
Risk level
Class IIMay cause a temporary or reversible health problem; slight chance of serious harm.
Severity score 55/100
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 Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
cGMP Deviations
Affected products (1)
EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anesthetic, 6 patches per box PATCHES, LIDOCAINE 4%, Distributed by: Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716 NDC 79903-106-06
EQUATE PAIN RELIEVING PATCHES · 1,101,600 patches
NDC: 79903-106, 79903-106-06
Code info: UPC 6 81131 07127 7
Affected areas
Nationwide
Timeline
- InitiatedOct 24, 2024
- PublishedDec 4, 2024
- TerminatedSep 16, 2025
- Recall number
- D-0068-2025
- 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.