L3 Security Cabinet X-ray System Recalled for Shielding Gaps
L3 Security & Detection is recalling 471 Examiner 3DX 6000 cabinet X-ray systems used for airline baggage screening due to shielding gaps that may cause excessive X-ray emissions.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Devices): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (excessive X-ray emissions) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for theoretical or unreported harm risks.
Plain-English summary
L3 Security & Detection is recalling 471 units of the Examiner 3DX 6000 cabinet X-ray system. These devices are used in airport environments for the security screening of checked airline baggage. The systems are owned and operated by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and were distributed nationwide in the United States.
The recall was initiated because L3 determined that in some airport environments, a small air gap has developed where the entrance or exit tunnels meet the main X-ray scanner tunnel. This gap in the X-ray shielding can result in X-ray emissions that exceed the limits set by the federal performance standard for cabinet X-ray systems (21 CFR 1020.40(c)(1)).
The specific locations of the affected products are law enforcement sensitive. The FDA has classified this as a Class II recall. Consumers are not directly affected as these are industrial security devices, but the recall addresses potential radiation safety compliance issues.
The recalled product
- Product
- L3 Security & Detection System Cabinet X-ray system used for security screening of checked airline baggage.
- Manufacturer
- L3 Security & Detection
- Affected units
- 471
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Model Number : Examiner 3DX 6000 cabinet x-ray system
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