More eye drop recalls: These eyedrops from CVS, Target, Rite Aid, Walmart should be avoided
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled more eye drops Wednesday, two weeks after it warned consumers of more than 20 different eye drop products.
On Wednesday, FDA announced that 27 products from brands due to potential safety concerns “after FDA investigators found insanitary conditions.”
Those products include – but are not limited to – CVS Health, Rite Aid, Target’s Up & Up and Walmart.
Manufacturing company Kilitch Healthcare India Limited is voluntarily recalling the products. The eye drops include expiration dates between November 2023 to September 2025.
The products are marketed under the brands CVS Health, Rite Aid, Target Up & Up, Leader (Cardinal Health), Rugby (Cardinal Health) and Velocity Pharma.
Here is a partial list of the products:
CVS
- Lubricant Eye Drops 15 ML (Single Pack)
- Lubricant Eye Drops 15 ML (Twin Pack)
- Lubricant Gel Drops 15 ml (Single Pack)
- Lubricant Gel Drops 15 ml (Twin Pack)
- Multi Action Relief Drops 15 ml
- MILD MODERATE LUBRICATING EYE DROPS 15ML
- Lubricant Gel Drops 10 ml
- Lubricant Eye Drops 10 ml (Single Pack)
- Lubricant Eye Drops 10 ml (Twin Pack)
Target
- High Performance Lubricant Eye Drops 15 ml (Single Pack)
- High Performance Lubricant Eye Drops 15 ml (Twin Pack)
- DRY EYE RELIEF 15 ML (TWIN PACK)
Rite Aid
- MULTI-ACTION RELIEF DROPS 15ML
- LUBRICATING GEL DROPS 10ML
- LUBRICANT EYE DROPS 10ML (TWIN PACK)
- LUBRICANT GEL DROPS 15 ML
- LUBRICANT EYE DROPS 15ML (TWIN PACK)
Walmart
- EQUATE HYDRATION PF LUBRICANT EYE DROPS 10ML
On Oct. 30, the FDA announced products sold under a variety of names, including Lubricant Eye Drops, Multi-Action Relief Drops and Mild Moderate Lubricating Eye Drops (CVS); Lubricant Eye Drops, Gentle Lubricant Gel Eye Drops and Multi-Action Relief Drops (Rite-Aid); and Up & Up Dry Eye Relief Lubricant Eye Drops and Up & Up Extreme Relief Dry Eye (Target), among others.
Check out the full list of products.