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.
Product dates, classifications, firms, and source wording remain attached to their individual rows.
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device · product 1 of 3
BD BBLTM Gram Crystal Violet 250mL-- IVD Primary stain for Staining Microorganisms, Catalog Number: 212525 - Product Usage: Gram Stain Kits and Reagents are used to stain microorganisms from cultures or specimens by the differential Gram method.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
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.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
Code information
Lot Number/ Exp Date: 9269800 04/30/21; 9296589 05/31/21; 9317733 06/30/21; 9352487 07/31/21; Expanded 05/12/20- Lot Numbers: 9352484 07/31/21 9352492 07/31/21
Distribution pattern
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Chile, EMEA, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, and Singapore.
device · product 2 of 3
BD BBLTM Gram Crystal Violet 3.8L-- IVD Primary stain for Staining Microorganisms, Catalog Number: 212526 - Product Usage: Gram Stain Kits and Reagents are used to stain microorganisms from cultures or specimens by the differential Gram method.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
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.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
Code information
Lot Number/ Exp Date: 317740 06/30/21; 9296637 05/31/21. Expanded 5/12/20 Lot numbers:: 9296631 05/31/21; 0027824 08/31/21.
Distribution pattern
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Chile, EMEA, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, and Singapore.
device · product 3 of 3
BD BBLTM Gram Stain Kit with Stabilized Iodine-- IVD For the differential staining of bacteria, Catalog Number: 212539 - Product Usage: Gram Stain Kits and Reagents are used to stain microorganisms from cultures or specimens by the differential Gram method.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
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.
May exhibit increased levels of artifacts which could be difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci, increased levels of artifacts could result in a false-positive Gram stain
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Chile, EMEA, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, and Singapore.
