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Event 89384

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 16, 2020
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
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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device · product 1 of 1

KWIK-STI(TM), GBS QC Set (Live Culture), REF 0243U. Specifically affected component: KWIK-STIK(TM), Lactobacillus acidophilus derived from ATCC(R) 4356(TM)

Z-0546-2022
Recall number
Z-0546-2022
Initiated
December 16, 2020
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Microbiologics Inc
Quantity
N/A

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0
incorrectly labeled

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

The expiration date on the label of one component (negative control 0243U) in the set lot is incorrectly labeled. The KWIK-STIK negative control 0243U was labeled with an expiration date of 7/31/2020 when it should have been 7/31/2022.

Code information

Main Product Codes: Catalog Number: 8164, Lot Number: 8164-78, UDI: 70845357028623, Expiration date: 09/30/2021. Affected Component Codes: Catalog Number: 0243U, Lot Number: 243-48-5, UDI: 10845357004083, Expiration Date on Label: 07/31/2020, Correct Expiration Date: 07/31/2022.

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, CA, CO, IL, MD, MO, MS, NM, OH, OR, PA, TX, VT.