RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE
- CLASS III
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PRODUCT
a) IVERHART Plus (ivermectin/pyrante), contains
6 Flavored
Chewables. Recommended for dogs up to 25 lbs body
weight. Recall # V-015-4;
b) IVERHART Plus (ivermectin/pyrante), contains
6 Flavored
Chewables. Recommended for dogs 26 to 50 lbs body
weight. Recall # V-016-4;
c) IVERHART Plus (ivermectin/pyrante), contains
6 Flavored
Chewables. Recommended for dogs 51 to 100 lbs
body
weight. Recall # V-017-4.
CODE
a) IVERHART Plus lot number 03046 (small) tablets,
0170DS,
display containing 10 boxes, each with a blister
card
holding 6 doses and 0180TS, towers containing
20 blister
cards, each holding 6 doses;
b) IVERHART Plus lot number 03047 (medium) tablets,
0170DM,
display containing 10 boxes, each with a blister
card
holding 6 doses and 0180TM, towers containing
20 blister
cards, each holding 6 doses.
c) IVERHART Plus lot number 03048 and 03049 (large)
tablets, 0170DL, display containing 10 boxes,
each with
a blister card holding 6 doses and 0180TL, tower
containing 20 blister cards, each holding 6 doses.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Virbac AH, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, by fax on November
19, 2003. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
The firm is recalling 4 lots of IVERHART Plus
Flavored Chewables due to contamination of Minocycline,
a FDA approved human drug which has not been approved
in species other than humans.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
1,179,840 tablets.
REASON
Nationwide.
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