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Richard-Allan Scientific Company: Lerner Laboratories Mucolexx, 1 pint / 473 ml & 1 gallon/3.8 L; Shandon Mucolexx 500ml/0.13gal, 4L/1.06 gal, 120mL 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-1640-2015
- Recalling firm
- Richard-Allan Scientific Company
- Product
- Lerner Laboratories Mucolexx, 1 pint / 473 ml & 1 gallon/3.8 L; Shandon Mucolexx 500ml/0.13gal, 4L/1.06 gal, 120mL 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
- 506 cases = 20 of Product Code 44041; 37 of Product Code 44042; 185 of Product Code 9990370; 92 of Product Code 9990371; 27 of Product Code 9990375
- 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
- Lerner Laboratories Mucolexx, 1 pint / 473 ml & 1 gallon/3.8 L-Product Codes 44041& 44042. Lot Numbers & EXP Dates: 301362-Jun-2016; 272123-Sep-2015; 317218-Dec-2016; 266312-Jul-2015. Shandon Mucolexx 500ml/0.13gal, 4L/1.06 gal, 120mL , Product Code 9990370, 9990371 & 9990375; Lot Numbers & EXP Dates: 328311-Mar-2017; 324252-Feb-2017; 314543-Dec-2016; 304548-Jul-2016; 289566-Mar-2016; 282598-Dec-2015; 276182-Nov-2015; 267432-Aug-2015; 255776-Apr-2015; 311289-Oct-2016; 299148-Jun-2016; 285035-Feb-2016; 273852-Oct-2015; 263847-Jul-2015; 312363-Oct-2016 & 255325-Apr-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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- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
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- Published
- 2026-09-28
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