The Recall Desk

Hazard

Unsterile 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
0
Most recent
2023-04-19

Of the 1 unsterile 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.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all unsterile 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-1390-2023·2023-04-19

    Unsterile Plain Gut Absorbable Sutures Recalled Due to Sterilization Defect

    Covidien recalled 3,228 units of Plain Gut Absorbable Sutures due to a sterilization defect. Unsterile sutures may cause infection or vision loss in eye surgery.

    Product
    Plain Gut Absorbable Sutures, PLAIN GUT 5/0 18 P-13 X12 (SG-5686), PLAIN GUT 4-0 18 UD SC-11 DA (SG828-2)
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide