Z-1999-2009

300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is...

Name: Z-1999-2009 300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is...
Creator: Hamilton Co
Published: 2009-04-09
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Hamilton Co / initiated 2009-04-09 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Hamilton Co began a recall of 300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is a disposable product used with Microlab STAR... on 2009-04-09. The reason FDA records is "Product Defect-- some tips from the mold cavity 28 are too short and do not always aspirate or dispense liquid correctly". 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-1999-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2009-04-09
Posted: 2009-09-09
Terminated: 2010-01-04
Recalling firm: Hamilton Co
Product: 300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is a disposable product used with Microlab STAR series Instruments, which are microtiter diluting and dispensing devices.
Product code: JTC Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing
Reason for recall: Product Defect-- some tips from the mold cavity 28 are too short and do not always aspirate or dispense liquid correctly.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: The firm initiated the recall on April 10, 2009, and issued notification to consignees via certified mail and e-mail. Customers were instructed to return the affected product to the Hamilton Company. A fax-back form was supplied with each notification. Direct questions about the recall to the Hamilton Company by calling 1-775-858-3000, extension 236.
Quantity in commerce: 20 cases of Part 235950 and 27 cases of Part 235902.
Distribution: Worldwide Distribution -- US (states of DE, NJ, PA, MA and CA), New Zealand and Japan.
Product codes and lots: Part Number 235950 (case containing 11,520 tips), Lot Number 2950441 and Part Number 235902 (case containing 5,760 tips), Lot Number 2950461.

Product code JTC

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)