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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 88578

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 20, 2021
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Microbiologics 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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SARS-CoV-2 Process Control (Swab) - Product Usage: intended for use as an external, non-viable control material to evaluate the performance of nucleic acid tests that detect SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Z-2487-2021
Recall number
Z-2487-2021
Initiated
August 20, 2021
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Microbiologics Inc
Quantity
127

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The product indicated is contaminated with a plasmid DNA that contains the target SARS-CoV-2 sequences.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Material/Component Contamination

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Reason for recall

The product indicated is contaminated with a plasmid DNA that contains the target SARS-CoV-2 sequences.

Code information

Catalog # HE0063S Lot #'s: HE0063-100-1, HE0063-103-2, HE0063-103-3, HE0063-103-1, HE0063-104-1, HE0063-101-1 and HE0063-100-1.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of CA, FL, GA, IL, MD, MT, MN, NC, NY, NV, OR, TN, TX,UT, WA and WI. The countries of Austria, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom.