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Becton Dickinson & Co.: BD BBL (tm) Lowenstein-Jensen Medium Deeps, Catalog #221256, packaged in boxes of ten/600 mL tubes. Product Usage: Lowenstein-Jensen Medium is used for the isolation and cultivation of mycobacteria. The medium tubed as deeps is used for the semi-quantitative catalase test as an aid to the classification of mycobacteria.
- Recall number
- Z-1322-2012
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Co.
- Product
- BD BBL (tm) Lowenstein-Jensen Medium Deeps, Catalog #221256, packaged in boxes of ten/600 mL tubes. Product Usage: Lowenstein-Jensen Medium is used for the isolation and cultivation of mycobacteria. The medium tubed as deeps is used for the semi-quantitative catalase test as an aid to the classification of mycobacteria.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-01-30
- Posted
- 2012-03-27
- Terminated
- 2012-04-02
- Reason
- Media fails to perform as intended with quality control organism Mycobacterium kansasii.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- The firm, BD Diagnostic Systems, sent an "URGENT PRODUCT RECALL" letter dated January 2012 to Ex-US BD sites via email and its customers via UPS ground shipment on 1/30/12. The letter identified the product, the problem and the action to be taken. The customers were instructed to discontinue use of the recalled lot numbers and discard any remaining packages. Customers were also instructed to complete and return the attached form whether or not they had any inventory remaining via fax to: BD Regulatory Compliance at 410-316-4285. The letter also informed the customers that BD has decided to discontinue this product. If further assistance is needed regarding credit, please contact BD Customer Service Department at 1-800-675-0908. For all other inquiries, please contact BD Technical Services Department at 1-800-638-8663.
- Quantity
- 3900 tubes
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) including states of: AL, CA, CT, IA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WA, and WV; and countries of : Belgium and Singapore.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog #221257, Lot 0091498 Exp. 10/6/11, Lot 0224698 Exp. 2/16/12, Lot 0301803 Exp. 5/3/1112, Lot 1055386 Exp. 8/30/12, Lot 1167837 Exp. 12/20/12
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MDB
- 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
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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