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Event 98539

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 03, 2026
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Oxoid Australia Pty Limited

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

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device · product 1 of 1

OXOID MICROBACT IDENTIFICATION KITS, Listeria 12L Kit, 20 Tests; Listeria identification sysystem

Z-1766-2026
Recall number
Z-1766-2026
Initiated
March 03, 2026
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
2 kits

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Oxoid Ltd., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, confirmed that Microbact 12L Kit 20 Tests MB1128A lot 4494873 may identify incorrect organism due to inconclusive result from ambiguous color reactions in wells.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Oxoid Ltd., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, confirmed that Microbact 12L Kit 20 Tests MB1128A lot 4494873 may identify incorrect organism due to inconclusive result from ambiguous color reactions in wells.

Code information

UDI/DI 5032384127498, Lot Number 4494873

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution in the states of GA and CA.

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