An everyday mouthwash used to protect the gums is the subject of a recall throughout France. This is a 500 ml bottle marketed under the Alodont Care brand, sold only in community pharmacies.
The recall sheet, published on March 3, 2026 on the official RappelConso platform, concerns a single specific batch ofAlodont Care Gums 500 mlmanufactured by Laboratoires Bouchara-Recordati in the Hygiene-Beauty – Cosmetics category. To know if you are affected, it all comes down to a few numbers on the label.
Which Alodont Care Gums 500 ml mouthwash is affected by the recall?
The product concerned is the daily alcohol-free mouthwash
Alodont Care Gums 500 mlpresented in a 500 ml bottle, intended for oral hygiene and gum protection. It was distributed throughout France, only via community pharmacies, between October 1, 2025 and February 20, 2026, as part of a voluntary recall without a prefectural order.
To check your bottle, look at the markings near the barcode and on the bottom of the bottle, then compare them with the following information; if one of these elements does not match, the product does not enter into the recall procedure described:
- capacity: 500 ml;
- GTIN code (barcode): 3665490000250;
- batch number: 25218002;
- purchase in pharmacy in France between 10/01/2025 and 02/20/2026.
Why this recall and what risk is mentioned for Alodont Care Gums 500 ml?
During the distribution of this batch, checks revealed, on certain bottles, microbial contamination by bacteria of environmental origin. Bouchara-Recordati Laboratories indicate a microbiological risk for the user, which motivated the precautionary recall decision for this mouthwash applied in the mouth.
The recall procedure, registered under the reference 2026-03-0018 on RappelConso, is scheduled until May 1, 2026. This alert is part of the consumer protection system coordinated by authorities such as the DGCCRF via the RappelConso platform, in order to remove from the shelves the bottles of lot 25218002 bearing the GTIN 3665490000250.
What to do if your bottle of Alodont Care Gums 500 ml is affected?
Consumers who have a bottle from batch 25218002 are asked to immediately stop using it and not throw the product away at home. The bottle must be returned to the purchasing pharmacy or any community pharmacy, where a refund or exchange will be offered, according to the terms provided by the laboratories and the pharmacy.
For any questions, a contact number is made available: 0 806 110 043. If the product is still on the shelves despite the recall, a report can be made via the SignalConso public platform. Other references to Alodont Care mouthwashes, such as certain Fresh or Organic versions, do not appear in this recall sheet as of March 3, 2026, which does not prevent you from regularly checking the RappelConso database to monitor the evolution of alerts.