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Event 78658

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 27, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
L3 Security & Detection

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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L3 Security & Detection System Cabinet X-ray system used for security screening of checked airline baggage.

Z-0270-2018
Recall number
Z-0270-2018
Initiated
October 27, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
L3 Security & Detection
Quantity
471

App-derived interpretation

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L3 has determined in airport environments, there have been several cases where a small air gap has developed where the entrance or exit tunnels meet up with the main x-ray scanner tunnel. This a gap in x-ray shielding can result in x-ray emissions that exceed the limit in the federal performance standard for cabinet x-ray systems (see 21 CFR ¿ 1020.40(c)(1)).

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act

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Reason for recall

L3 has determined in airport environments, there have been several cases where a small air gap has developed where the entrance or exit tunnels meet up with the main x-ray scanner tunnel. This a gap in x-ray shielding can result in x-ray emissions that exceed the limit in the federal performance standard for cabinet x-ray systems (see 21 CFR ¿ 1020.40(c)(1)).

Code information

Model Number : Examiner 3DX 6000 cabinet x-ray system

Distribution pattern

USA (nationwide) Distribution.  Owned and operated by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. Location of individual products is law enforcement sensitive. TSA HQ is located in Crystal City, Virginia.