Drug FDA Class I Ongoing Contamination / non-sterility
Orajel Baby, Cooling Swabs for Teething, Each Unit 0.007 fl oz (0.22 mL), NET 0.08 FL OZ (2.6 mL) TOTAL, 12 Single-Use Swabs per carton, Manufactured for Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Ewing. NJ 08328 USA. UPC CODE 3 10310 40000 2.
Church & Dwight Inc Published Jul 9, 2025
Risk level
Class IDangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.
Severity score 85/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact Church & Dwight Inc or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
Microbial Contamination of Non-Sterile Products: Fungal contamination of infant oral swabs.
Hazards
Fungal contamination · primary
Affected products (1)
Orajel Baby, Cooling Swabs for Teething, Each Unit 0.007 fl oz (0.22 mL), NET 0.08 FL OZ (2.6 mL) TOTAL, 12 Single-Use Swabs per carton, Manufactured for Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Ewing. NJ 08328 USA. UPC CODE 3 10310 40000 2.
695,880 cartons
Code info: All Lots.
Affected areas
Nationwide
Timeline
- InitiatedJun 6, 2025
- PublishedJul 9, 2025
- Recall number
- D-0506-2025
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA drug enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.