FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Darex Container Products Div of W.R. Grace & Co.: High Performance Sodasorb Carbon Dioxide Absorbent, Diving Grade(18%) Soda Lime USP-NF with an ethyl violet indicator which turns from white to violet as absorber is depleted; Manufactured by: W.R. Grace & Company, 6050 West 51st Street, Chicago, IL 60638; the product is packaged in 5-gallon pails under the W.R. Grace label
- Recall number
- Z-0730-03
- Recalling firm
- Darex Container Products Div of W.R. Grace & Co.
- Product
- High Performance Sodasorb Carbon Dioxide Absorbent, Diving Grade(18%) Soda Lime USP-NF with an ethyl violet indicator which turns from white to violet as absorber is depleted; Manufactured by: W.R. Grace & Company, 6050 West 51st Street, Chicago, IL 60638; the product is packaged in 5-gallon pails under the W.R. Grace label
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-02-11
- Posted
- 2003-04-17
- Terminated
- 2004-01-26
- Reason
- Contaminated with epoxy chips.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Recalled by letter dated 2/11/03 on W.R. Grace-Conn. letterhead. The accounts were informed that the product was contaminated with trace amounts of material from their processing equipment, which posed no hazard to health. The accounts were requested to return all unopened packages of Sodasorb with the affected lot numbers for replacement.
- Quantity
- 591 5-gallon pails
- Distribution
- Nationwide, Canada, the Philippines, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Korea and Japan.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot numbers CP01-P124-01, CP01-P124-02, CP01-P124-04 and CP01-P124-05
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- CBL
- Firm FEI
- 3003940942
- Firm city
- Chicago
- Firm state
- IL
- 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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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