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bioMerieux, Inc.: BacT/ALERT FN Culture Bottles, Product Number 259793

Recall number
Z-1189-2007
Recalling firm
bioMerieux, Inc.
Product
BacT/ALERT FN Culture Bottles, Product Number 259793
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2007-02-16
Posted
2007-08-22
Terminated
2009-12-08
Reason
Microbial Contamination: Bacillus sp. contamination was detected in inoculated bottles.
Root cause
Other
Action
Consignees were notified by Urgent Product Recall letter on 02/19/2007. They were instructed to destroy any unused inventory of this product lot that they have on hand.
Quantity
2,403 cases (100 bottles per case)
Distribution
Worldwide; USA, Austria, Bulgaria, Caledonia, China, Croatia, Curacao, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, Switzerland, Sweden, and United Kingdom
Lot, serial or model codes
Product number 259743, Lot 1015145
510(k) numbers
["K992432"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
MBD
Firm FEI
3002769706
Firm city
Durham
Firm state
NC
Firm country
not on file

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device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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Size
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Published
2026-09-28
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