A batch of birth control pills is being recalled in Canada because there was a mixup in production.

Canadian birth control pill manufacturer Apotex has issued an "urgent recall" of its Alysena-28 line because a single batch, 50,000 packages, may have made it into the marketplace with two weeks of placebo sugar bills.

A normal month's supply of the pill contains one week's worth of white placebos and three weeks of pink birth control pills.  That means that women who take them might be unprotected against pregnancy during the week where they aren't using the active pills.

Apotex, the largest generic drug manufacturer in Canada, has alerted all retailers of the recall which was recently upgraded to the most serious, Type 1, by Health Canada. Canadian government elevated the case to a level 1 emergency out of concerns over women who may be taking the pill for medical reasons. Pharmacies are attempting to contact customers who use the birth control.  Initially listing the recall as voluntary, individuals were not directly and for some unlucky ladies, it's too late. 

One female Alysena user said "It's unbelievable to me that they didn't do a public recall right away. What were the reasons that they had to go through the retail first?"

The irresponsible drug company is offering free pregnancy tests and morning after pills to anyone taking Alysena-28.

The CBC says the batch was distributed to nearly every Canadian province with the shipments taking place between December 2012 and the first week of April.

For any Canadian users of Alysena-28, the code on the potentially altered packages is LF01899A.