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Event 76846

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, 2017
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

Blood Agar (TSA w/ 5% Sheep Blood) Plate, For In Vitro Diagnostic Use, Remel, Lenexa, KS 66215 Product Usage: Blood Agar is a solid medium recommended for use in qualitative procedures for the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms and visualization of hemolytic reactions.

Z-1888-2017
Recall number
Z-1888-2017
Initiated
March 24, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Remel Inc
Quantity
1,159/100 plates/packs

App-derived interpretation

Microbial contamination reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0
contamination of Listeria monocytogenes

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Material/Component Contamination

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Reason for recall

Confirmed complaint of surface contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

Code information

101686

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution in the states of : AR, AZ, CO, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, and TX and Puerto Rico