Z-0656-2022Class II

Michels Transport Medium, 20ML Prefilled Cont

Name: Z-0656-2022 Michels Transport Medium, 20ML Prefilled Cont
Creator: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield
Published: 2021-12-01
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield / initiated 2021-12-01 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield began a recall of Michels Transport Medium, 20ML Prefilled Cont on 2021-12-01. FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Product stored incorrectly in temperature controlled setting instead of refrigeration". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0656-2022
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2021-12-01
Posted: 2022-02-18
Terminated: 2023-02-13
Recalling firm: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP - Northfield
Product: Michels Transport Medium, 20ML Prefilled Cont
Product code: NNI Container, Specimen, Non-Sterile
Reason for recall: Product stored incorrectly in temperature controlled setting instead of refrigeration.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: Medline notified customer through first class mail on about 12/01/2021, via letter titled URGENT RECALL NOTIFICATION. Customers were instructed to immediately check stock and quarantine affected devices, return the completed provided response form indicating affected product on hand and destroyed, and to notify customers if affected product was further distributed. An amended customer letter was sent on 12/17/2021. The explanation of the issue was updated. Instructions remained the same.
Quantity in commerce: 2,816 units (22 cases, 128 per case)
Distribution: US Nationwide distribution in the states of Colorado, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and Texas.
Product codes and lots: Model Number: AZSES3270, all lots with expiration date range of 08/28/2021 through 09/03/2023

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line

FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-0656-2022
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-0656-2022	Class II	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2022-03-02	2022-02-18

Product code NNI

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

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About this record

Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

MDM adds the root cause tag, derived from FDA’s own root cause text, and the cross-links to the product code, the clearances named on the record and MDM coverage. Where a recall has not been joined to an enforcement report, no classification is shown.

Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)