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Event 81176

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 20, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.

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

Single-Use Biopsy Forceps, JUMBO ALLIGATOR,3.2mm, REF Catalog No. NBF13-01130230, UPN BF40180 (Pouch level) - BF40181(Case box level) BF40182 (Carton box level) - BF40183(Over shipper level), STERILE

Z-0237-2019
Recall number
Z-0237-2019
Initiated
September 20, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1360 pcs

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Single-Use Biopsy Forceps box contains incorrect product, instead it contains some Grasping Forceps units

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

Single-Use Biopsy Forceps box contains incorrect product, instead it contains some Grasping Forceps units

Code information

Lot Number - M180409031 Date of Manufacture - 20180409 Use By - 20220408

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of AL, CA, IN, FL, GA, MO, MT, NV, OK, OR, PA TX & Washington D.C.