Accord Healthcare recalls Allopurinol tablets with green plastic piece
Accord Healthcare recalls 100-count Allopurinol tablets (100 mg) due to small green plastic piece in some tablets. This may cause injury if swallowed. Return to pharmacy for replacement.
Lower-risk recall
Presence of Foreign Substance: Presence of a small piece of green plastic embedded in the crack towards the edge of the tablet.
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What happened, in plain English
Accord Healthcare is recalling 100-count Allopurinol tablets (100 mg) because a small green plastic piece may be embedded in the tablet. This could cause injury if swallowed. Affected patients should contact their pharmacy for a replacement. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/34005-accord-healthcare-recalls-allopurinol-tablets-with-green-plastic-piece.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/34005-accord-healthcare-recalls-allopurinol-tablets-with-green-plastic-piece · Updated August 18, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #D-0168-2023
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“Accord Healthcare recalls Allopurinol tablets with green plastic piece.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/34005-accord-healthcare-recalls-allopurinol-tablets-with-green-plastic-piece. Based on FDA recall #D-0168-2023 (https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0168-2023%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
A small green plastic piece can be embedded in the tablet near the edge. If swallowed, this could cause injury. The hazard is not described as causing serious injury in normal use.
Who’s affected
Patients with a prescription for Allopurinol tablets (100 mg) who received this specific product from the manufacturer. Those who swallow the plastic piece may experience injury.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the product name 'Allopurinol Tablets USP, 100 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx Only' with NDC 16729-134-01 and lots R2200455 or R2200456. The product was manufactured for Accord Healthcare, Inc. in Durham, NC, and shipped from India.
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What to do — step by step
Check for Plastic Piece
Look for a small green plastic piece near the edge of the tablet. If found, stop using the tablet.
Contact Pharmacy
Contact your pharmacy to get a replacement product for the recalled tablets.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide.
FDA distribution: “Nationwide in the USA” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 15 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class II
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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Where this comes from
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: FDA Recall #D-0168-2023 (January 12, 2023) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for D-0168-2023 to see it in context.
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 18, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
- GovInfoNow is an independent service and is not a government agency. We republish official FDA recall data; we don’t issue, amend or administer recalls.