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Event 73658

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 24, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Remel 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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device · product 1 of 1

Oxoid Nitrocefin (+ Reconstitution Fluid Batch) REF: SR0112C, Oxoid Ltd. For the rapid chromogenic detection of beta-lactamase activity in bacterial cells. in vitro diagnostic

Z-1921-2016
Recall number
Z-1921-2016
Initiated
March 24, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Remel Inc
Quantity
2 units were imported and distributed domestically

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Individual bottles of product may produce weak beta-lactamase reactions. Use may result in delayed or false negative reporting.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Individual bottles of product may produce weak beta-lactamase reactions. Use may result in delayed or false negative reporting.

Code information

Lot 1717357 Exp: 31Aug2017

Distribution pattern

US distribution in MO.