The Recall Desk

Hazard

Visual Particulate recalls

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

What the numbers show

Total
4
Critical
0
Severe
1
Most recent
2013-11-13

Of the 4 visual particulate 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 (25%) 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 visual particulate 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.

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1–4 of 4

  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0160-2014·2013-11-13

    Smiths Medical Recalls Portex Spinal Trays with Visual Particulate in Ampules

    Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. is recalling Portex Spinal Anaesthesia Trays because visual particulate was found in the glass ampules of 5% Lidocaine HCL and 7.5% Dextrose Injection.

    Product
    Portex¿ Spinal Tray with Drugs 25g Whitacre; 15597-20 The Regional Anesthesia family of products is comprised of sterile (unless otherwise indicated in the product scope), single-use devices designed to perform epidural, spinal, combined epidural/spinal, nerve block, lumbar pu
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0158-2014·2013-11-13

    Smiths Medical Recalls Portex Spinal Trays with Particulate Contamination

    Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. is recalling Portex Spinal Trays because visual particulate was found in the included Lidocaine and Dextrose ampules.

    Product
    Portex¿ Spinal Tray with Drugs 25g Whitacre; 15545C-21 The Regional Anesthesia family of products is comprised of sterile (unless otherwise indicated in the product scope), single-use devices designed to perform epidural, spinal, combined epidural/spinal, nerve block, lumbar p
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0157-2014·2013-11-13

    Portex Spinal Trays Recalled Due to Visual Particulate in Lidocaine Ampules

    Smiths Medical ASD is recalling 73 Portex Spinal Trays because visual particulate was found in the included Lidocaine HCL ampules.

    Product
    Portex¿ Spinal Tray with Drugs 22g/25g Quincke; 15249-21 The Regional Anesthesia family of products is comprised of sterile (unless otherwise indicated in the product scope), single-use devices designed to perform epidural, spinal, combined epidural/spinal, nerve block, lumba
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • ModerateFDA (Devices)·Z-0156-2014·2013-11-13

    Smiths Medical Recalls Portex Spinal Trays Due to Visual Particulate

    Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. is recalling 140 Portex Spinal Trays because visual particulate was found in the included Lidocaine and Dextrose ampules.

    Product
    Portex¿ Spinal Tray with Drugs 22g Whitacre/25g Whitacre; 15248C-22/25 The Regional Anesthesia family of products is comprised of sterile (unless otherwise indicated in the product scope), single-use devices designed to perform epidural, spinal, combined epidural/spinal, nerv
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide