Becton Dickinson & Company: BD Insulin Syringes with the BD Ultra-Fine(TM) needle mL 12.7mm 30G, Catalog/REF 328466 BD Insulin Syringes are intended for the subcutaneous injection of insulin

Recall number

Z-0183-2018

Recalling firm

Becton Dickinson & Company

Product

BD Insulin Syringes with the BD Ultra-Fine(TM) needle mL 12.7mm 30G, Catalog/REF 328466 BD Insulin Syringes are intended for the subcutaneous injection of insulin

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2017-05-25

Posted

2017-11-28

Terminated

2018-06-27

Reason

Product mislabel. Lot 6291768 of the BD Insulin Syringes with the BD Ultra-Fine needle mL 12.7mm 30G, Cat (Ref) 328466, was found to have some polybags in the lot incorrectly labeled as BD Ultra-Fine needle mL 8mm 31G, Cat (Ref) 328468. The shelf carton and case carton are correctly labeled as BD Ultra-Fine needle mL 12.7mm 30G.

Root cause

Labeling mix-ups

Action

BD sent recall notification letters to all direct consignees (wholesaler, hospital, and retail) on May 25, 2017. BD is requesting wholesalers (distributors) to notify any accounts or additional locations that may have received the recalled product from them. BD gives the option to distributors to provide their customer list to BD if they would like BD to notify their customers. BD is requesting retail pharmacies to notify consumers that may have received the recalled product from them. 8/25/17 Firm notified FDA of recall expansion to include Lot Numbers 6312558 and 6340590. A 2nd notification was sent to consignees in a letter dated Aug 30, 2017 that includes all 3 lots that are in scope of the recall. Most of the direct consignees identified in the first recall action were also identified as affected for the second (expanded) recall action since they received either two or all three recall lots. All affected consignees that received any of the three lots have been combined into one consignee list. These customers will be notified of the expanded recall communication (second recall letter dated Aug 30, 2017). To minimize customer disruption, BD will conduct effectiveness check on the second recall letter only, since it covers the recall action for all three affected lots and combines all affected consignees from both actions (first and second/expanded recall). This will allow us to verify that the affected consignees received the notification and took the necessary actions for all three recall lots without having to contact them multiple times for two different letters that cover the same recall action. Details of the effectiveness are as follows: 1.Letters will be mailed with UPS tracking. The effectiveness check level will be established by the FDA classification letter. 2.A Business Response Card is included with the letter to assist direct consignees in responding to the field action. 3.BD will attempt to contact by phone/email (as applicable) non-respondents

Quantity

7,839,340 units

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution including CA, CT, FL, IL, LA, ME, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA

Lot, serial or model codes

Lot Numbers: 6291768, 6312558 & 6340590. 8/25/17 Firm notified FDA of recall expansion to include Lot Numbers 6312558 and 6340590.

510(k) numbers

["K024112"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

FMF

Firm FEI

2243072

Firm city

Franklin Lakes

Firm state

NJ

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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