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Event 71475

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 12, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
BioMerieux SA

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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device · product 1 of 1

Etest Cefotaxime CT 256 WW and Etest Cefotaxime CT 256 US. in vitro diagnostic.

Z-1947-2015
Recall number
Z-1947-2015
Initiated
June 12, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
BioMerieux SA
Quantity
674

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
QC results were out of range resulting in false resistant strains.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

QC results were out of range resulting in false resistant strains.

Code information

1002774320, 1002377890, 1002590470, 1002775330, 1002379610

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) to the states of AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV and WI., and to the countries of: Austria, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Slovenia, Kuwait, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Algeria, South Africa, Kosovo, Costa Rica, Belarus, Guam, Honduras and Vietnam.