Recalled Vaccines
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The FDA Centers for Biologics Evaluation & Research maintains the information on each recalled or withdrawn product. Below is a list of the vaccines recalled or withdrawn, with a link to the FDA web page for that item.
Note for Health Care Providers: For instructions regarding what to do with recalled vaccines, please contact the vaccine manufacturer.
Go to our Questions about recalled vaccines page for more information.
Recalled Vaccines
- Limited Voluntary Recall on Rabies Vaccine Batch (Novartis) NEW April 2010
RabAvert Kit Batch #458011A, Diluent Vial Batch #927011 - Non-Safety Related Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of Sanofi Pasteur H1N1 Pediatric (0.25 mL, for 6-35 month olds) Vaccine in Pre-Filled Syringes (Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.) December 15, 2009
Questions and Answers - Recall of Prevnar Pneumococcal 7-valent Conjugate Vaccine
(Wyeth) July 10, 2009 - Recall of Hib Vaccine (Merck) December 12, 2007
- Recovery Notice: Fluvirin (Influenza Virus Vaccine) October 20, 2006
- Recall of Decavac Vaccine - (Amerisource Bergen / Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.) May 30, 2006
- Recall of Rabies Vaccine (Human Diploid Cell), Imovax Rabies
Aventis Pasteur April 2, 2004 - Recall of Rabies Vaccine, IMOVAX Rabies - (Aventis Pasteur, Inc) September 9, 2003
Vaccine Recall Contacts
Contacts Outside CDC
- Merck Hib National Service Center 1-800-672-6372
- Aventis Pasteur Recall Information Hotline: 1-800-835-3587
- Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts: FDA, United States
- Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS): 800-822-7967
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Content last reviewed on December 14, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases