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BioMerieux SA: API NIH (REF 10400). ZYM B reagent is used and included inside of API NH (REF 10400) and API Listeria (10300). All of the API's are standardized systems combining several biochemical tests that enable group or species identification of most microorganisms.
- Recall number
- Z-1477-2014
- Recalling firm
- BioMerieux SA
- Product
- API NIH (REF 10400). ZYM B reagent is used and included inside of API NH (REF 10400) and API Listeria (10300). All of the API's are standardized systems combining several biochemical tests that enable group or species identification of most microorganisms.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-03-06
- Posted
- 2014-04-18
- Terminated
- 2017-03-14
- Reason
- bioMerieux identified a visual defect and activity issue on the ZYM B reagent (REF 70493) and FB reagent (REF 70562). The activity issue lead to a false negative result of some Rapid ID 32 strips and API biochemical tests using the ZYM B reagent or FB reagent
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Letters were issued to customers on March 10, 2014. The letter contained instructions to be used if they still were using the product. The letter also included a report form which was to be returned.
- Quantity
- 33,853
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including DC and Puerto Rico, and the states of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WA, WI, and WY and the country of Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Brunel, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Erythrea, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Herzegovina, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Code - 1002786740, Exp. Date 6/3/2014, 1002809140, Exp. Date 6/18/2014, 1002814890, Exp. Date 9/9/2014, 1002814891, Exp. Date 9/9/2014, 1002826750, Exp. Date 6/3/2014, 1002869720, Exp. Date 6/18/2014, 1002869721, Exp. Date 12/13/2014, 1002485910, Exp. Date 6/3/2014, 1002485911, Exp. Date 6/18/2014
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LIB
- Firm FEI
- 1000611339
- Firm city
- Marcy L'Etoile
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- France
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- 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
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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