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Event 66290

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 06, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
bioMerieux, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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chromID Salmonella Agar, Reference No. 43621. A selective isolation and differentiation medium for the detection of Salmonella in human specimens.

Z-0087-2014
Recall number
Z-0087-2014
Initiated
September 06, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
bioMerieux, Inc.
Quantity
90

App-derived interpretation

Microbial contamination reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0
Salmonella colonies not being detected

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Complaints for Salmonella strains growing on this medium producing an uncharacteristic white colored colony instead of the expected pale pink to mauve colored colonies. This could potentially lead to Salmonella colonies not being detected.

Code information

Lot 1002234210 and 1002300040

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.