FDA recall Z-0196-2018

Product

TrypticaseTM Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA IITM), Catalog Number 221261 Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% or 10% Sheep Blood is used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and for the visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species.

Reason for recall

Listeria monocytogenes contamination of non-sterile plated media

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US including AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, FA, HI, IA, IS, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT & WA; International - Canada, Guam and Japan

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2017-05-22

Report date

2017-12-13

Termination date

2018-02-26

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Sparks, MD, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0196-2018