{"id":796943,"date":"2026-10-09T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796943\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:16:13","slug":"acetaminophen-sold-on-amazon-recalled-over-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796943\/","title":{"rendered":"Acetaminophen sold on Amazon recalled over complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dapkwthw32j5oikb.jpg\" alt=\"Food recalls: What prompts them and what you should know\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dapkwthw32j5oikb.jpg\" alt=\"Food recalls: What prompts them and what you should know\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-766fb86c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/video\/fmc-07vstkpr9vxvqbpz\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food recalls: What prompts them and what you should know<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Dr.\u00a0 Kimberly Baker, a food systems and safety program team director for Clemson Cooperative Extension shared what kicks off a food recall and what consumers can do to stay up to date on food safety in the U.S. (Credit: AP Campus Insights\/Kimberly Baker, Clemson University)<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">More than 112,000 bottles of Amazon-brand Extra Strength <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Event=99934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Acetaminophen have been recalled<\/a> after consumers reported finding discolored tablets, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Event=99934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The report<\/a> was\u00a0published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Amazon-brand Acetaminophen recalled  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The voluntary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Event=99934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recall<\/a>, which was initiated Sept. 18 by Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc., involves 112,932 bottles of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets sold through Amazon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The FDA said the recall was prompted by consumer complaints about discolored tablets. The agency has not yet assigned a classification indicating the level of health risk associated with the recall.<\/p>\n<p> Acetaminophen recall info <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The affected medication was sold in 200-count, 500-count and 1,000-count bottles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Consumers can check their bottles for the following recalled lots:<\/p>\n<p> 200-count: Lot ACD125040A, expiration date Sept. 30, 2027500-count: Lots ACD124036A and ACD124030A, expiration date Sept. 30, 2027; ACD124042A, expiration date Oct. 31, 2027; ACD124048B, expiration date Nov. 30, 2027; and ACD125010A, expiration date Feb. 29, 20281,000-count: Lot ACD124048A, expiration date Nov. 30, 2027 <\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The product was manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. and distributed by Amazon.com Services LLC.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Acetaminophen is commonly used as a pain reliever and fever reducer.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Consumers who believe they have an affected product should contact their pharmacist or healthcare provider for further guidance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information for this story was provided by the FDA. This story was reported from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/consumer\/recalls\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recalls<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/health\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/us\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food recalls: What prompts them and what you should know Dr.\u00a0 Kimberly Baker, a food systems and safety&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1319,102,6591,50,30058,56,54,55,741],"class_list":["post-796943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-consumer","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-news","tag-recalls","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}