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Event 77011

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 15, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Richard-Allan Scientific Company

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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Shandon Rapid Chrome Kwik-Diff Kit Part Number: 9990700 Shandon Rapid Chrome Kwik-Diff Reagent #3 Part Number 9990707 Shandon Rapid Chrome Kwik-Diff Kit, Part Number 9990700 is sold as a kit in 500ml bottles. Shandon Rapid Chrome Kwik-Diff Kit, Part Number 9990707 is sold as a reagent in a 4L bottle. Intended for use as a kit in special stain techniques.

Z-1895-2017
Recall number
Z-1895-2017
Initiated
March 15, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
390

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Methylene Blue, Solution #3 in the Kwik Diff Kit was not Methylene Blue but Crystal Violet instead.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Methylene Blue, Solution #3 in the Kwik Diff Kit was not Methylene Blue but Crystal Violet instead.

Code information

Part Number: 9990700 Lot Number S-645, S-646 and S-647 Part Number 9990707 Lot: 234, 235, and 236 Expiration date: 8/18/2018-12/10/2018

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- US: CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, MA, MS, NC, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, PR, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WV; and, the countries of AE, BH, CA, CZ, FR, GB, HK, SA, and TR.