CLASS I Drug recall · Reported 21 Sep 2022 · FDA Enforcement Report
Banana Boat hair & scalp defense recalled
Edgewell Personal Care Brands is recalling Banana Boat hair & scalp defense, Clear Sunscreen Spray SPF 30, Avobenzone 2.0%, distributed nationwide in the US. The recall was initiated on 29 Jul 2022 and the FDA has classified it as Class I.
Check your package
Check the lot number on your package against the affected lots. If it matches, contact the pharmacy that dispensed it or your prescriber before stopping any medication.
Recall details
- Recall number
- D-0212-2024
- FDA event ID
- 90638
- Recalling firm
- Edgewell Personal Care Brands, Shelton, CT
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall initiated
- 29 Jul 2022
- FDA classified
- 29 Dec 2023
- Reported
- 21 Sep 2022
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Customers notified by
- Letter
- Reason category
- Benzene
- Drug class
- Sunscreen & Personal Care
Timeline
| 29 Jul 2022 | Recall initiated by company | |
| 21 Sep 2022 | Published in enforcement report | +54 days |
| 29 Dec 2023 | Classified by FDA | +464 days |
Companies usually start a recall weeks before the FDA classifies and publishes it; the gap above is that lag.
Reason for recall
Chemical contamination: presence of benzene
Product as listed by the FDA
Banana Boat hair & scalp defense, Clear Sunscreen Spray SPF 30, Avobenzone 2.0%, Homosalate 6.0%, Octocrylene 6.0%, packaged in Net Wt 6 oz. aluminum spray can, Distributed by: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Shelton, CT 06484, UPC 0 79656 04041 8
Where it was distributed
USA nationwide.
Questions about this recall
Why was it recalled?
Chemical contamination: presence of benzene
Which lots are affected?
Lot #: 20016AF, Exp. date December 30, 2022; 20084BF, Exp. date February 28, 2023; 21139AF, Exp. date April 30, 2024; 20301CF, Exp. date September 30, 2023
Where was it sold?
USA nationwide.
What should I do if I have it?
Check the lot number on your package against the affected lots. If it matches, contact the pharmacy that dispensed it or your prescriber before stopping any medication.
What does Class I mean?
Class I is the most serious FDA recall category: there is a reasonable probability that using the product will cause serious health consequences or death.
Read the official FDA notice · Source record retrieved 26 Sep 2026. The FDA describes openFDA data as unvalidated; the official notice takes precedence. This page reports the record and gives no medical advice.