The eye drops carry a risk of infection that could cause vision loss.
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Imagesthe eye drop products were manufactured in a facility with "insanitary conditions" and carry a "potential risk of eye infections that could result in partial vision loss or blindness."
The impacted products are marketed under the brands CVS Health, Leader , Rugby , Rite Aid, Target Up&Up and Velocity Pharma, according to the FDA, which shared adispose of them properlyThe FDA also says that consumers should not purchase any of the 26 impacted products if they see them on store shelves.
Products branded as Leader, Rugby and Velocity "may still be available" in stores and online and consumers should not purchase those products, the FDA said.Cardinal Health, the company behind the brands Rugby and Leader, told ABC News it is working to "initiate a recall" of its impacted products. The statement continued, "We take FDA’s consumer notification regarding the risk of using impacted Rugby Laboratories and Leader branded eye drop products very seriously. We are working with Velocity Pharma, the supplier of the impacted eye drop products to gain additional insight regarding the unsanitary conditions identified by the FDA at the manufacturing facility.
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