FDA Recall
Terminated
ReliOn Insulin Syringe 0.5cc 30 Gauge 5/16 inch (8mm) Needle (U-100 Insulin). NDC 81306-0515-23.
Recall: Z-0569-05
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Initiated October 22, 2004
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-0569-05
- Event Number
- 30390
- Firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- FEI Number
- 2243072
- Product Code
- FMF
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Other
- Initiated
- October 22, 2004
- Posted
- March 3, 2005
- Terminated
- April 14, 2006
- Address
- 1 Becton Dr, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 07417-1815
Description
ReliOn Insulin Syringe 0.5cc 30 Gauge 5/16 inch (8mm) Needle (U-100 Insulin). NDC 81306-0515-23.
Reason
Syringes labeled as 5/16 inch product (30 ga) actually contained the 1/2 inch product (28 ga).
Action
BD has sent letters to the distributor McKesson Inc and the retailer Wal-Mart Inc.
Distribution
The syringes were sent to McKesson Corp, 120 Senlac Drive, Carrollton, TX 75006 who then sold them to Wal-Mart Corp, 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716. There are no other customers.
Quantity
1543000 syringes