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FDA (Devices) recall action 66931

Biomerieux France Chemin De L'Or recalled 3 products on 2014-02-05

The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 3 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 3 pages.

Products
3
Announced
2014-02-05
Critical
0
Units
118,317

Why these products were recalled

bioM¿rieux identified a visual defect and activity issue on the ZYM B reagent (REF 70493); leading to a false negative results of some API biochemical tests using the ZYM B reagent.

The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.

The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.

States named across these recalls

1–3 of 3

  • ModerateFDA (Devices)··2014-02-05

    Biomerieux Recalls API Listeria Kits Due to ZYM B Reagent Defect

    Biomerieux is recalling API Listeria kits because a defect in the ZYM B reagent may cause false negative results in biochemical tests.

    Product
    API Listeria (REF 10300) API Listeria is a standardized system for the identification of Listeria which uses miniaturized tests, as well as a database. The ZYM B reagent is including in API Listeria kit and it is used as an additional reagent for revealing the result of DIM…
    Category
    Distribution
    2 states
  • ModerateFDA (Devices)··2014-02-05

    BioMérieux Recalls ZYM B Reagent Due to Visual Defect and False Negatives

    BioMérieux is recalling ZYM B Reagent (REF 70493) because a visual defect and activity issue can cause false negative results in API biochemical tests.

    Product
    ZYM B Reagent (REF 70493) ZYM B reagent is an additional test used to reveal the results of some miniaturized biochemical test included in the API strips. The API product line is a standardized system combining several biochemical tests, which enables group or species…
    Category
    Distribution
    2 states
  • ModerateFDA (Devices)··2014-02-05

    BioMérieux Recalls API NH Kits Due to ZYM B Reagent Defect

    BioMérieux is recalling API NH kits because a defect in the ZYM B reagent may cause false negative results in biochemical tests.

    Product
    API NH (REF 10400) API NH is a standardized system for the identification of Neisseria, Haemophilus (and related genera) and Moraxella catharrhalis (Branhamella catarrhalis), which uses miniaturized tests, as well as a specially adapted database. API NH also enables the…
    Category
    Distribution
    2 states