Birth control recall--is your brand one of them?

According to NPR and Time, Pfizer is recalling 1 million packages of birth control bills due to a packaging error. The affected packages contain the wrong doses of hormones, which could cause women to become pregnant rather than preventing it. (Nice going.)

I've never seen pills this colorful before, but what do you expect when you're getting photos for free?

This is the second recall in the last six months. Back in September, another massive recall went out due to a similar packaging error. What's up with the lack of inspections?

Affected pills include 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. (That took me a while to understand, but it's supposed to be 14 packaged lots, not " 14, lots of Lo/Ovral" because that'd just be stupid.) Remember, these are packaged by Pfizer, so if your brand has a different laboratory name on it then you're not to worry, even if you take generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets or Lo/Ovral-28.