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Australian Recall Coordinator notification list
For each recall action, the Australian Recall Coordinator forwards, in writing by email, a notice to the relevant parties listed below and to the recall coordinators for each state and territory. Such notices include:
- identification of the goods for which recall action is being taken,
- the nature of the problem,
- an assessment of consumer hazard (i.e. Class I, II or II),
- the distribution of the goods, and
- the action proposed.
For urgent recalls, the Australian Recall Coordinator will notify parties by telephone with confirmation in writing.
Group 1: for all medicine and medical device recalls
Name | Address | Other contact details |
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Chief Pharmacist (Also blood recalls) |
CP3-6-159 Campbell Park Offices Canberra ACT 2600 |
Phone: 02 6266 3924 Email: DOSMAD.JHC@defence.gov.au |
Recall Coordinator Recalls & Hazard Assessment Product Safety Branch Australian Competition & Consumer Commission |
GPO Box 3131 Canberra ACT 2601 |
Phone: 02 6243 1262 Email: recalls@accc.gov.au |
Chief Medical Officer Australian Antarctic Division Department of the Environment |
203 Channel Highway Kingston TAS 7050 |
Fax: 03 6232 3310 |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch Services Australia |
N/A | |
Mr Matthew Harris NPS MedicineWise |
Level 7/418a Elizabeth Street PO Box 1147 |
Phone: 0419 618 365 Email: media@nps.org.au |
MedSafe, Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand, Matthew Spencer (all recalls) |
N/A |
Email: recalls@health.govt.nz Phone: +64 4 819 6840 |
MedSafe Kayla Marsh (medicines & blood components) |
N/A |
Email: recalls@health.govt.nz Phone: +64 4 819 3505 |
MedSafe Jenny Campbell (medical devices) |
N/A |
Email: recalls@health.govt.nz Phone: +64 4 819 6881 |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health |
N/A |
Email: pbac@health.gov.au |
Geoffrey Davies Pharmacist Health Systems Program Office Department of Defence |
256-310 St Kilda Road Southbank Vic 3006 |
Phone: 03 9282 7293 Email: geoffrey.davies2@defence.gov.au Email: hlthspo.pharm@defence.gov.au |
Group 2: for consumer level recalls only
Name | Address | Other contact details |
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Peter Waterman Director, Public Affairs | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia PO Box 42 Deakin West ACT 2600 |
Email: psa.nat@psa.org.au Email: media@psa.org.au Fax: 02 6285 2869 |
Head of Content, Choice | 57 Carrington Road Marrickville NSW 2204 |
Email: newstips@choice.com.au |
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia | PO Box 7036 Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610 |
Fax: 02 6270 1800 Email: guild.nat@guild.org.au |
James Ansell, Research & Policy Officer | Consumers Health Forum of Australia PO Box 73 Deakin West ACT 2600 |
Phone: 02 6282 2745 Email: j.ansell@chf.org.au Email: info@chf.org.au |
Group 3: for blood and blood components
Name | Contact details |
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National Blood Authority | Email: supply.management.fresh@blood.gov.au |
Group 4: for overseas recall notifications
Contact |
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Overseas health authorities, either directly or via the Australian embassy, in countries to which the goods were exported. |
Group 5: when poisoning is possible
Name | Contact details |
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New South Wales Poisons Information Centre |
Fax: 02 9845 3597 Email: nswpoisons@chw.edu.au |
Queensland Poisons Information Centre |
Phone: 13 11 26 (hotline) Fax: 07 3068 1919 |
Victoria Poisons Information Centre |
Fax: 03 9496 4912 Email: dawson.macleod@austin.org.au |
Western Australia Poisons Information Centre |
Fax: 08 9346 3493 |
Group 6: when sold in grocery retailers: This group applies to recalls of unscheduled medicines and medical devices sold in grocery retailers.
Name | Address | Other contact details |
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Operations Manager Australian Retailers Association (supermarkets) |
Head Office, Level 10, 136 Exhibition Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 |
Email: info@retail.org.au Fax: 03 8660 3399 |
Metcash IGA Distributors |
1 Thomas Holt Drive Macquarie Park NSW 2113 |
Fax: 1800 021 731 Fax: 02 9741 3138 Email: recalls@metcash.com Email: consumersupport@metcash.com |
Group 7: orthopaedic joints
Name | Address | Other contact details |
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Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry Discipline of Public Health |
MDP DX 650511 University of Adelaide SA 5005 |
Phone: 08 8313 3592 Fax: 08 8223 4075 Email: cturner@aoanjrr.org.au |
Australian Orthopaedic Association | Level 12 45 Clarence Street Sydney 2000 |
Phone: 02 8002 1062 Fax: 02 8071 8002 Email: kathy.hill@aoa.org.au |
Version | Description of change | Author | Effective date |
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V2.0 | Previously known as Appendix V of the URPTG | Recalls and Case Management Section |
Publication date: 3 October 2017 Implementation date: 15 January 2018 |
V3.0 | Updated contact details | Recalls and Case Management Section |
Publication date: 5 October 2017 Implementation date: 15 January 2018 |
V3.1 | Updated contact details | Recalls Section | October 2019 |
V3.2 | Updated contact details | Recalls Section | January 2020 |
V3.3 | Updated Medsafe contact details | Recalls Section | June 2020 |
V3.4 | Updated NPS MedicineWise contact details | Recalls Section |
October 2020 |
V3.5 | Updated Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch contact details | Recalls Section | November 2021 |
V3.6 | Updated NPS MedicineWise contact details | Recalls Section | December 2021 |
V3.7 | Updated Choice contact details | Recalls Section | November 2022 |