Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Medicine |
| Medsafe Reference: | 14423 |
| Brand Name: | Worldwide Labs Melatonin 3mg Tablets (90s) |
| Dose Form/Strength: | Tablet 3 mg |
| Affected: | Batch 206291, Expiry Date: 08/2015; Batch 208291, Expiry Date: 12/2015 |
| Recalling Organisation: | Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Ltd t/a Healthcare Logistics 54 Carbine Road Mt Wellington AUCKLAND |
| Contact Information: | 09 969 0705 |
| Manufacturer: | Worldwide Innovations and Technologies Inc |
| Issue: | * Healthcare Logistics has received 3 separate complaints from Pharmacists via their Wholesalers of bottles containing tablet weights of varying thickness * Healthcare Logistics notified Medsafe proposing to recall 2 batches of Melatonin from Wholesalers due to complaints of a small percentage of tablets being of variable thickness and having deformities. They estimate that possibly 50 to 100 tablets, possibly between 10 to 20 bottles could contain these variable or deformed tablets. |
| Recall action type: | Recall - Unapproved medicine |
| Recall action: | Recall |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 4/4/2013 |
