Skip to content
Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Exact FDA event identifier

Event 73597

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

Open FDA event record

Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 18, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Biosciences

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.

How coverage and grouping work

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

1 official enforcement rows

Product dates, classifications, firms, and source wording remain attached to their individual rows. Opening this dossier never hides products that did not match a prior timeline filter.

device · product 1 of 1

BD-Retic-Count Reticulocyte Reagent System; Hematology: Used for in vitro diagnostics

Z-1390-2016
Recall number
Z-1390-2016
Initiated
March 18, 2016
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Quantity
205

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The carton label for one lot of BD Retic-Count Reticulocyte Reagent System had the incorrect storage conditions. The labels on the reagent as well as the Instructions for Use are correct.

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.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

The carton label for one lot of BD Retic-Count Reticulocyte Reagent System had the incorrect storage conditions. The labels on the reagent as well as the Instructions for Use are correct.

Code information

Product number 349214, Lot number 5175559, Expiry 5/31/16.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution to the states of : CT, MN, FL, NY, CA, MA, DC, UT, VA and IN., and to the countries of : Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

Field note

Send feedback

We'll only use this to respond to your feedback.