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Event 75651

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 08, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Meridian Bioscience 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

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PREMIER EHEC and PREMIER EHEC Bulk.

Z-1033-2017
Recall number
Z-1033-2017
Initiated
November 08, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Meridian Bioscience Inc
Quantity
4,747 EHEC + 180 EHEC Bulk

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Internal testing has demonstrated that the indicated kit lots produce false positive results when tested with some broth specimens.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

Internal testing has demonstrated that the indicated kit lots produce false positive results when tested with some broth specimens.

Code information

PREMIER EHEC Product Code 608096: Lot # 608096H219, Exp Date 9/7/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.138 Exp Date 9/30/2017; Lot # 608096H222, Exp Date 12/20/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.14 Exp Date 1/12/2018; Lot # 608096H224, Exp Date 9/7/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.141 Exp Date 1/29/2018; Lot # 608096H225, Exp Date 12/20/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.142, Exp Date 2/5/2018 & Lot # 608096H226, Exp Date 3/6/2018, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.143, Exp Date 3/22/2018. PREMIER EHEC Bulk Product Code 608096BU: Lot # 608096H220 Exp Date 9/7/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.138, Exp Date 9/30/2017; Lot #, 608096H223, Exp Date 12/20/2017, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.14, Exp Date 1/12/2018 & Lot # 608096H227, Exp Date 3/6/2018, Detection Antibody Reagent, Lot # 8603.143, Exp Date 3/22/2018.

Distribution pattern

Product was shipped to the following states: AL. AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI & WY. Product was also sent to the following countries: CANADA, GERMANY, HONG KONG, ITALY, JAPAN & NEW ZEALAND.