FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Richard-Allan Scientific Company: Mucolytic Agent 1 pint/473 ml; 1 gallon/3.8 l Product Usage: A mucoliquefying preservative designed for use in the preparation of mucoid cytology specimens. Mucolexx & Mucolytic Agent liquefies mucus and allows for optimal cytologic diagnostic results.
- Recall number
- Z-1639-2015
- Recalling firm
- Richard-Allan Scientific Company
- Product
- Mucolytic Agent 1 pint/473 ml; 1 gallon/3.8 l Product Usage: A mucoliquefying preservative designed for use in the preparation of mucoid cytology specimens. Mucolexx & Mucolytic Agent liquefies mucus and allows for optimal cytologic diagnostic results.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-04-29
- Posted
- 2015-05-21
- Terminated
- 2016-03-09
- Reason
- Richard Allan Scientific (RAS) is initiating a recall of Mucolytic agent and Mucolexx following a customer complaint reporting that a lab had found fungal contamination in 2 lots of Mucolexx.
- Root cause
- Material/Component Contamination
- Action
- Richard Allan Scientific (RAS) initiated a voluntary recall of Mucolexx and Mucolytic Agent due to fungal contamination on 5/1/2015 via certified mail to all customers who received the affected. Customers were asked to return a repsonse form, and dispose or return all recalled products. Please contact Sarah Rickert at 269-544-5628 or sarah.rickert@thermofisher
- Quantity
- Product 76166- 116; Product Code 76167-29
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of: AR; AZ; CA; CO; FL; GA; I A; IL; IN; KY; MA; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OK; PA; PR; SD; TN; TX; VA; WA; WI and the countries of: Bangladesh, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dubai, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, and UK.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Richard Allan Scientific Mucolytic Agent 1 pint / 473 ml Product code: 76166, Lot #s and EXP Dates: 313839-Dec 2016; 311157-Oct-2016; 306726-Aug-2016; 297142-Jun-2016; 296289-May-2016; 290486-Mar-2016; 289488-Mar-2016; 276824-Nov-2015; 271110-Oct-2015; 265368-Aug-2015. Richard Allan Scientific Mucolytic Agent 1 gallon/ 3.8 l, Product Code: 76167; Lot Number & EXP Dates: 311158- Oct-2016; 302099- Jun-2016; 298834-Jun-2016; 293734- Apr-2016; 288009-Feb-2016; 283396-Jan-2016; 279581-Nov-2015; and 274814- Oct-2015 Dec-2016 Oct-2016 Aug-2016 Jun-2016 May-2016 Mar-2016 Mar-2016 Nov-2015 Oct-2015 Aug-2015
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LEA
- Firm FEI
- 1831638
- Firm city
- Kalamazoo
- Firm state
- MI
- Firm country
- not on file
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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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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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