Register / XX / DEA-XXX-2013-0004
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DEA-XXX-2013-0004
Tier 1 · Regulator-publishedUnclassifiedPublic warningStatus · active
- Issuing authority
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Authority reference
- N°4/2013
- Date issued
- 17 Oct 2013
- Recorded by us
- 2026-09-07 21:22:20 UTC
- Product
- Dextromethorphan UPDATE
- INN / active substance
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Dosage form
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Strength
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Manufacturer
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Manufacturer country
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- MAH or importer
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Batch numbers
- Not published with the notice
- Expiry dates
- Not published with the notice
- Action type
- Public warning
- Classification
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Indicative severity
- Not assessed by Drug Eye Africa
- Defect category
- Microbial contamination
- Product type
- Medicine
- ATC code
- Not stated by the issuing authority
- Affected markets
- XX — no market beyond the issuing country was named on the notice
- Cross-border event
- Not linked to a cross-border event
- Notice text
- Not captured. The notice itself is linked below.
- Status
- Active
- Superseded by
- Not superseded. This is the current version.
- Version
- 3
Where this record came from, and what is held to show it.
- Primary source
- https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2013-medical-product-alert-n-4-2013--contaminated-dextromethorphan-update
- Copy of the source
- Taken and held by Drug Eye Africa, so the record survives the link above being moved or withdrawn. Not yet published at an address you can open.Ask us for it and check it against the fingerprint below.
- Fingerprint
- 834f05d3a4b5958cd35120cdb7786a5647893db5f0905c071316de7c9221c8b2SHA-256 of the copy held. Any file that produces this number is that copy, byte for byte; any file that does not is a different document.
- Copy taken
- 2026-09-08 01:00:04 UTC
| Reference | Date | Ctry | Product | Batches | Action | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEA-RW-2021-53901946 | 25 May 2021 | RW | Nystatin oral suspension BP 100 000 IU/ml DAWA Limited/ KENYA | 2006004 | Recall | Class II | Tier 1 · Regulator-published |
| DEA-XXX-2013-0001 | 24 Jan 2013 | XX | Dextromethorpan Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient | none published | Public warning | Unclassified | Tier 1 · Regulator-published |
Cite this record
Drug Eye Africa (2013). DEA-XXX-2013-0004: Dextromethorphan UPDATE — Public warning, World Health Organization. Register of African Regulatory Actions. https://drugeyeafrica.org/register/notice/xx/2013/dea-xxx-2013-0004Version history
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Verification
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Indexing
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