Reported Oct 15, 2014 · Terminated

Richard-Allan Scientific Specimen Transportation System. Product Usage: 10% NBF is used to store and fixate tissue…

Richard-Allan Scientific Company

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Richard-Allan Scientific Company · 4481 Campus Dr · Kalamazoo, MI · 49008-2590

Is this the product you have?

  • Richard-Allan Scientific Specimen Transportation System
  • Product Usage10% NBF is used to store and fixate tissue prior to grossing and histological examination. It is a primary fixative that prevents autolysis (degradation) of tissue
Lot codes and dates
  • Product Code534801
  • Lot Number296986
Amount recalled
285 cases

This recall covers 7 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 6 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

The affected lots could have NBF concentrations that are lower or higher than the desired specifications.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Oct 27, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:28 PM UTC

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