Z-1320-04

Sheep Blood, Defibrinated - Catalog Number 211945, Unit 15 ml

Name: Z-1320-04 Sheep Blood, Defibrinated - Catalog Number 211945, Unit 15 ml
Creator: Becton Dickinson & Co.
Published: 2004-07-02
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Becton Dickinson & Co / initiated 2004-07-02 / Terminated

FDA source

Becton Dickinson & Co. began a recall of Sheep Blood, Defibrinated - Catalog Number 211945, Unit 15 ml on 2004-07-02. The reason FDA records is "Sheep Blood products may be contaminated with a Brucella species (B. ovis)". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-1320-04
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2004-07-02
Posted: 2004-08-07
Terminated: 2004-12-21
Recalling firm: Becton Dickinson & Co
Product: Sheep Blood, Defibrinated - Catalog Number 211945, Unit 15 ml.
Product code: JSO Culture Media, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test, Excluding Mueller Hinton Agar
Reason for recall: Sheep Blood products may be contaminated with a Brucella species (B. ovis).
FDA root cause: Other
Action: Distributors were notified by fax, all customers were notified by fax with a UPS overnight delivery of hard copy of recall letter to same customers. BD International was notified be e-mail. Distributor fax indicated that BD required their customer lists immediately due to the nature of the recall event. BD received all Distributor customer lists on the same day (7/2/04). Will monitor the number of consignees non-responding to the recall through sending a letter that contains a form that we ask the end-user to return. Response forms will be reconciled. Distribution of the affected lots ceased on 7/1/04. Customers are asked to discard their inventory.
Quantity in commerce: 9 vials
Distribution: 83 (76 end-users, 3 international BD facilities and 4 distributors) worldwide.
Product codes and lots: Lot number: 4155324 and Expiration date: June 29, 2004

Product code JSO

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

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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.

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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)