Family Dollar recall of OTC drugs, medical devices spans 23 states

Family Dollar has a recall underway in nearly two dozen states. The discount retailer announced Tuesday in a Food and Drug Administration notice it was doing so voluntarily for some over-the-counter drugs and medical devices. The list of affected products published along with the FDA alert appeared to contain a couple hundred products. The recall was "being conducted out of an abundance of caution," Family Dollar said in the announcement. FOX Business reached out to Dollar Tree, Inc.

The various OTC drugs and medical devices "stored outside of labeled temperature requirements by Family Dollar" and "inadvertently shipped" to stores in 23 states prompted Family Dollar to recall them, according to the FDA alert. Those unintended shipments happened over three months ending Sept. 21. No illnesses or complaints have surfaced so far in relation to the recalled products, the FDA alert said.

The locations have received directions to review their stock for the recalled products and "quarantine and discontinue" selling any they find, according to the FDA. Family Dollar stores in other states were not impacted. Dollar Tree, Inc. operated nearly 8,300 Family Dollar stores as of the end of July. "Customers who purchased affected product may return such product to the Family Dollar store where they were purchased without receipt," the FDA alert said.

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