Melatonin 10mg capsules: Company-led recall

IPS Specials are recalling specific batches of Melatonin 10 mg capsules because they have been assigned an incorrect extended expiry date.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 17 July 2018

• Message type: Medicines recall/notification
• Medical specialty: Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Care home staff, Cosmetic surgery, Critical care, Dentistry, General practice, General surgery, Haematology and oncology, Infection prevention, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Pathology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and occupational therapy, Radiology, Renal medicine, Theatre practitioners, Urology, Vascular and cardiac surgery
• Issued: 17 July 2018

Product information

CLDA number

CLDA (18)A/04

MDR number

MDR 022-07/18

Company name

IPS Specials

Product description

Melatonin 10 mg capsules

Batch number/expiry

Batch Number	Expiry Date
171013046	Expiry 09 Apr 2021
171024067	Expiry 09 Apr 2021

Brief Description of the Problem

IPS Specials is carrying out a company-led recall of two batches at pharmacy and wholesaler level as they have been labelled with an incorrect extended expiry date of 09 Apr 2021 when they should have been labelled as 26 Dec 2017. Due to a master data error the product has been inadvertently assigned an extended shelf life in line with that of the active ingredient.

Company Contact for Further information:

Ashok Patel Tel: 0208 481 9720

Published 17 July 2018