The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Drugs)·D-0248-2024·Announced 2024-01-24

Secret OUTLAST Dry Spray Antiperspirant Recalled for Benzene Contamination

Procter & Gamble is recalling Secret OUTLAST Dry Spray antiperspirant (3.8 oz) due to potential benzene contamination at the manufacturing facility. All lots expiring through September 2023 are affected.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall with chemical contamination hazard (benzene) at manufacturing facility. No hospitalization or reported illnesses are mentioned in the recall notice. Per the rubric, Class II recalls without reported illness fall to score 3.

Plain-English summary

Secret OUTLAST Dry Spray (3.8 oz / 107 g, NDC 69423-478-10) is being recalled by The Procter & Gamble Company due to a Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) deviation discovered at the manufacturing facility.

The recall was initiated because other lots produced at the same facility were found to be contaminated with benzene, a chemical substance that poses a potential health risk. The affected products include all lots with expiration dates through September 2023.

The product was distributed nationwide in the USA and Puerto Rico, as well as in Canada, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Maldives, Fiji, US Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Peru, Saint Marteen, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Belize, Santa Lucia, Aruba, Dominican Republic, and Guyana.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it safely.

The recalled product

Product
Secret OUTLAST Dry Spray, (Aluminum chlorohydrate 23.5%), Antiperspirant, Protecting Powder, Topical spray can 3.8 oz (107 g), Dist. by: Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH 45202. NDC: 69423-478-10, UPC 0 37000 74772 7
Manufacturer
The Procter & Gamble Company
Hazard
  • benzene-contamination
  • cgmp-deviation

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (2)

  • All lots with expiry through September
  • 2023

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.