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FDA (Devices) recall action 69091

Becton Dickinson & Co. recalled 3 products on 2015-01-21

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
2015-01-21
Critical
0
Units
775

Why these products were recalled

A low level of surface and subsurface contamination of Listeria monocytogenes on 9 lots of non-sterile prepared plated media containing sheep blood, typically visible immediately upon removal from the packaging. The contamination is typically observed as 1-3 CFUs per plate when present.

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

  • HighFDA (Devices)··2015-01-21

    Becton Dickinson Recalls Trypticase Soy Agar and MacConkey II Agar Plates

    Becton Dickinson is recalling specific lots of Trypticase Soy Agar and MacConkey II Agar plates due to low-level Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

    Product
    TrypticaseTM Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA IITM) // MacConkey II Agar Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood is used for the growth of fastidious organisms and for the visualization of hemolytic reactions. MacConkey II Agar is a selective and differential medium for the…
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    1 state
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2015-01-21

    Becton Dickinson Recalls Columbia Agar with 5% Sheep Blood Due to Listeria

    Becton Dickinson & Co. is recalling Columbia Agar with 5% Sheep Blood due to low-level Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product is a non-sterile culture medium distributed worldwide.

    Product
    Columbia Agar with 5% Sheep Blood Columbia Agar with 5% Sheep Blood is a general purpose culture medium used for the growth and recovery of fastidious microbial species.
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    1 state
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2015-01-21

    Becton Dickinson Recalls CDC Anaerobe Agar Due to Listeria Contamination

    Becton Dickinson is recalling CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar due to low-level Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected non-sterile media were distributed worldwide.

    Product
    CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar is an enriched, nonselective culture medium particularly useful or the isolation and cultivation of obligate anaerobes from clinical specimens. It supports the growth of a wide variety of obligately anaerobic…
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    1 state