Class 2 Device Recall BBL Trypticase Soy Agar with 5 Sheep Blood

• Date Initiated by Firm: March 11, 2013
• Date Posted: May 16, 2013
• Recall Status: Terminated on June 24, 2013
• Recall Number: Z-1332-2013
• Recall Event ID: 64883
• Product Classification: Culture media, non-selective and non-differential - Product Code JSG
• Product: BBL(tm) Trypticase (tm) Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood.; ; Used for culturing microorganisms.
• Code Information: Model number 221239: lot 2348199 with expiration date 4/5/13; and model number 221261: lot 2348208 with expiration date 3/22/13, lot 2355145 with expiration date 4/2/13, lot 2339019 with expiration date 4/5/13, lot 2348157 with expiration date 4/6/13, lot 2361011 with expiration date 4/6/13, lot 2348202 ,with expiration date 4/6/13, lot 2348108 with expiration date 4/12/13, lot 2348074 with expiration date 4/19/13, and lot 3038371 with expiration date 5/28/13
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Becton Dickinson & Co.; BD Diagnostic Systems; 7 Loveton Circle; Sparks MD 21152-0999
• For Additional Information Contact: Ms. Gail Claiborne; 410-316-4054
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Microbiological media may be contaminated with bacteria.
• FDA Determined Cause: Material/Component Contamination
• Action: BD Diagnostics notified consignees with a "Field Correction Notification" sent on 3/11/13 to distributors, direct accounts, and distributors' customers as available, via fax and email, and followed by a letter sent via UPS. The notice identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by customers. BD Diagnostic Systems informed customers of the bacterial contamination of some microbiological media, including BBL Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep's blood, part number 221239, lot 2348199; part number 221261, lots 2339019, 2348108, 2348208, 2348074, 2348157, 2355145, 2348202, and 2361011; BBL Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep's blood plus MacConkey II-I plate, part number 221291, lots 2355138 and 2355164; and BBL CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep blood agar, lot 2361003. The notice instructed customers to follow product insert directions for inspecting media before use to identify and eliminate contaminated media, and to verify Listeria findings with clinicians. The notice included a response form to indicate receipt of the notice. BD Diagnostic Systems contacted distributors and end-users via fax, email, and letter on 4/25/13 to notify them of a recall expansion to include lot 3038371 from part/catalog number 221261. The recall notice included an acknowledgement form to document receipt. The notice instructed customers to follow product insert directions for inspecting media before use to identify and eliminate contaminated media, and to verify Listeria findings with clinicians.
• Quantity in Commerce: 521,160 total pieces (all three recalled products)
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam and the countries of Columbia, Japan, Singapore, Canada, Turks, Calicos Islands.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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² Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
³ For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.