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Safecor Recalls Midazolam HCl Syrup Due to Cardboard Contaminant

Safecor Health recalls specific lots of Midazolam HCl Syrup unit dose cups due to a cardboard contaminant. Check your lot number and expiration date.

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🇺🇸 FDA recall #D-0657-2016Drug Safecor Health ›

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Presence of Foreign Substance: customer complaint that one unit dose cup contained a small piece of cardboard contaminant.

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Recalling firmSafecor Health, LLC317 New Boston St · Woburn, MA 01801-6231

✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

Safecor Health, LLC is recalling Midazolam HCl Syrup (10 mg/5 mL) because a customer complaint revealed a small piece of cardboard inside one of the 5 mL unit dose cups. The recall affects 132 unit dose cups distributed in New York. Lot 932333 with an expiration date of 08/04/16 is specifically identified. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/43859-safecor-health-llc-recalls-midazolam-hcl-syrup-10-mg-5.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/43859-safecor-health-llc-recalls-midazolam-hcl-syrup-10-mg-5 · Updated October 12, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #D-0657-2016

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“Safecor Recalls Midazolam HCl Syrup Due to Cardboard Contaminant.” GovInfoNow, updated October 12, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/43859-safecor-health-llc-recalls-midazolam-hcl-syrup-10-mg-5. Based on FDA recall #D-0657-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0657-2016%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on 2015-08-13 that Safecor Health, LLC is recalling Midazolam HCl Syrup Unit Dose Cups due to the presence of a foreign substance. The recall affects 132 unit dose cups distributed in New York.

How to tell if you have it

Brand: Safecor Health
Product: Midazolam HCl Syrup, 10 mg/5 mL, 5 mL unit dose cups
UPC: 0054356605
Lot: 932333
Expiration: 08/04/16

The hazard

The recall was initiated after a customer complaint revealed that one unit dose cup contained a small piece of cardboard contaminant. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Safecor Health, LLC has had 11 other recalls on record since 2015-03-02. Recent examples include the 2026-08-13 Fluphenazine Elixir recall for failed stability specifications and the 2026-05-01 Vitamin B-Complex Liquid recall due to foreign particles. Other recent recalls of similar products include the 2026-03-20 MGC Health Honey Lemon Cough Drops recall for FDA quality concerns, the 2025-12-12 Merck Noxafil Powdermix recall for metal particulate risk, and the 2026-02-17 Harvard Drug Group Midodrine tablets recall due to defective packaging.

How to tell if you have this one

Look for Midazolam HCl Syrup, 10 mg/5 mL, packaged in 5 mL unit dose cups. Check for Lot number 932333 and an expiration date of 08/04/16. The product was distributed in New York.

Brand
Safecor Health
Product
Midazolam HCl Syrup, 10 mg/5 mL, 5 mL unit dose cups, packaged in 2 shelf boxes, one shelf box containing 72 cups and
Category
Drug

Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

Stop Using the Product
Do not use any unit dose cups from Lot 932333 due to the risk of cardboard contamination.
Check Your Inventory
Verify if you have product with Lot number 932333 and expiration date 08/04/16.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed in New York.

FDA distribution: “NY” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

States: New York.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 6 months after the firm started it.

Aug 13, 2015Firm started the recall
Feb 10, 2016FDA classified it Class II
Feb 17, 2016Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Feb 25, 2016FDA terminated the recall

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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Link to this recall

<a href="https://govinfonow.com/recall/43859-safecor-health-llc-recalls-midazolam-hcl-syrup-10-mg-5">Safecor Recalls Midazolam HCl Syrup Due to Cardboard Contaminant (GovInfoNow)</a>

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Official source: FDA Recall #D-0657-2016 (August 13, 2015) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for D-0657-2016 to see it in context.
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