The Recall Desk

Hazard

Foreign Body Fragment recalls

1 recall in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
1
Most recent
2013-11-20

Of the 1 foreign body fragment recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 1 (100%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all foreign body fragment recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

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  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0202-2014·2013-11-20

    Synthes 8.5 MM Medullary Reamer Recalled Due to Intraoperative Breakage

    Synthes USA HQ, Inc. is recalling 2,979 units of the 8.5 MM Medullary Reamer because the reamer head can break during surgery, leaving unretrieved fragments of non-implant grade material.

    Product
    Synthes 8.5 MM Medullary Reamer Product Usage: An orthopedic manual surgical instrument is a nonpowered hand-held device intended for medical purposes to manipulate tissue, or for use with other devices in orthopedic surgery. This generic type of device includes the cerclage
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide