FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Becton Dickinson & Co.: Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitalex), microbiological media plates. Catalog # 221267
- Recall number
- Z-0345-03
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Co.
- Product
- Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitalex), microbiological media plates. Catalog # 221267
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2002-11-18
- Posted
- 2002-12-18
- Terminated
- 2003-05-01
- Reason
- Microbiological media may exhibit No Growth or reduced colony size of Haemophilus species.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Becton Dickinson notified distributors by fax on 11/18/02 to discard inventory. Firm additionally notified distributors on 11/21/02 to include three additional lots of agar for recall. End users were notified by letter 11/21/02 to discard inventory for replacement, and return reply form.
- Quantity
- 6422 cartons/ 100 plates per carton
- Distribution
- Product was sold to distributors and subsequently distributed to medical facility end users nationwide and internationally.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots: 2213201 EXP 11/25/02 2213211 EXP 11/26/02 2261524 EXP 1/14/02 2246310 EXP 1/1/03 2261552 EXP 1/15/03 2276445 EXP 1/29/03
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JTY
- Firm FEI
- 1119779
- Firm city
- Sparks
- Firm state
- MD
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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