FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Richard-Allan Scientific Company: Richard-Allan Scientific Bio-Tite Specimen Containers. Product Usage: 10% NBF is used to store and fixate tissue prior to grossing and histological examination. It is a primary fixative that prevents autolysis (degradation) of tissue.
- Recall number
- Z-0015-2015
- Recalling firm
- Richard-Allan Scientific Company
- Product
- Richard-Allan Scientific Bio-Tite Specimen Containers. Product Usage: 10% NBF is used to store and fixate tissue prior to grossing and histological examination. It is a primary fixative that prevents autolysis (degradation) of tissue.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-09-17
- Posted
- 2014-10-09
- Terminated
- 2016-10-27
- Reason
- The affected lots could have NBF concentrations that are lower or higher than the desired specifications.
- Root cause
- Mixed-up of materials/components
- Action
- The firm issued an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" letter to all affected customers. The notification identified the affected products, reason for voluntary recall, risk to health, actions to be taken, and instructions to complete the attached Acknowledgement Form. For questions, contact Sarah Rickert at 269-544-5628 or sarah.rickert@thermofisher.com.
- Quantity
- 383 cases
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the states of PA, IL, CA, TX, GA, WA, MA, KY, OH, NY, VA, NC, IN, NJ, MN, UT, HI, FL, KS, TN, MO, MI, MD, LA, NM, DE, CO, WV, OR, WI, AZ, SC, IA, and NE and the country of Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product Code: 59601 Lot Number: 300233
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LDY
- Firm FEI
- 1831638
- Firm city
- Kalamazoo
- Firm state
- MI
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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