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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

Advance Aluminum Chloride Gel Clear Hemostatic Gel Kit

Some units of Aluminum Chloride Gel contain the package insert for Ferric Sulfate Gel, which misidentifies the product and has different first aid instructions.

What happened

Inter-Med Llc of Racine, Wisconsin began a recall on May 27, 2026, of its Advance Aluminum Chloride Gel Clear Hemostatic Gel Kit because some units contain the package insert for Ferric Sulfate Gel.

The incorrect insert misidentifies the product and has different first aid instructions, most critically instructing users to induce vomiting in case of ingestion, while the correct Aluminum Chloride insert instructs users not to induce vomiting. The recall was added to the FDA's Enforcement Report on June 10, 2026, with US Nationwide distribution in the states of Tennessee and Missouri.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for medical device recalls:

  1. A device recall doesn't always mean you must stop using it: it may need to be checked, adjusted or fixed.
  2. Talk to your health care provider before you stop using it.

Is your kit affected?

Match the UDI-DI and lot code listed under your product.

A UDI-DI is the device identifier printed with the barcode on the device label.

  1. Advance Aluminum Chloride Gel Clear Hemostatic Gel Kit, Catalog number 504600-28

    UDI-DI
    • 00371347008104
    Lot code
    • 2026-0204

Recall details

Company began the recall
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US Nationwide distribution in the states of Tennessee and Missouri.

Company
Inter-Med LlcRacine, Wisconsin
Risk

Moderate risk

Using it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
99105
Recall number
Z-2400-2026

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA

  3. Listed on Recall Canary

  4. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  5. Summary updated

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 2, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)