The Recall Desk

Hazard

Impaired Visibility recalls

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

What the numbers show

Total
2
Critical
0
Severe
0
Most recent
2023-09-13

Of the 2 impaired visibility recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 0 (0%) are Severe.

Which agencies issued them

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all impaired visibility 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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  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-2518-2023·2023-09-13

    Trocar with oversized shaft obscures surgical view in brain operations

    Aesculap trocars manufactured with shafts too long obstruct the visual field when used with neuroendoscopes in brain surgery. Affected units distributed in nine states should not be used.

    Product
    For intraventricular indications mainly used for operations within the brain ventricles. Product Code: FF399R
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide