Dental City benzocaine anesthetic gel bottles may have incomplete seals
Dental City Topical Anesthetic Gel, benzocaine 20% strawberry flavor, is being recalled because the product may contain bottles with incomplete seals. 450 units are affected.
What this means for you
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall for a container seal defect with no clinical consequence described in the source, which fits the packaging-related Moderate band.
Plain-English summary
Dental City Topical Anesthetic Gel, benzocaine 20%, strawberry flavor, 1 oz (30 g), distributed by Dental City of Green Bay, Wisconsin, NDC 69483-001-30, is being recalled. The action covers 450 units.
The stated reason is a defective container: the product may contain bottles with incomplete seals. The FDA classified the action as Class II. The source does not describe a resulting clinical consequence.
The affected lot is BNZ-001921, expiring 04/15/2029. Distribution was nationwide in the USA.
Holders of the affected lot should stop using it and follow the instructions issued by the firm.
The recalled product
- Product
- DENTAL CITY TOPICAL ANESTHETIC (BENZOCAINE)
- Brand
- DENTAL CITY TOPICAL ANESTHETIC
- Manufacturer
- Keystone Industries
- Category
- Drug — Topical anesthetic gel
- Affected units
- 450
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)
- BNZ-001921
- Exp 04/15/2029
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 7 recalled by Keystone Industries under a single FDA (Drugs) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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