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The FDA Enforcement Report is published weekly by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. It contains information on actions taken in connection with agency regulatory activities.

January 15, 1997                                      97-3

RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  FOODS -- CLASS I ============
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PRODUCT        Mike's Menu Maker Deviled Egg Salad (no
               tumeric), in 10 and 30 pound bulk containers. 
               Recall #F-164-7.
CODE           Use by date of November 2, 1996.
MANUFACTURER   Harold Food Company, Charlotte, North
               Carolina.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by telephone on October 16,
               1996.  Firm-initiated recall ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION   North Carolina.
QUANTITY       Undetermined.
REASON         Product is contaminated with Listeria
               monocytogenes.


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  BIOLOGICS -- CLASS II =======
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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Recovered Plasma. 
               Recall #B-220/221-7.
CODE           Unit #40FF11160.
MANUFACTURER   American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria,
               Illinois.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated June 28, 1996. 
               Firm-initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Illinois and California.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component.
REASON         Blood products tested negative for the
               antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus
               type 1 (anti-HIV-1) were collected from a
               donor who previously tested repeatedly
               reactive for anti-HIV-1, Western blot
               negative.

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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Recovered Plasma. 
               Recall #B-222/223-7.
CODE           Unit numbers:  40GT50600, 40GS48035,
               40GR79312.
MANUFACTURER   American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria,
               Illinois.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated July 3, 1996;
               and on July 2, 1996.  Firm-initiated recall
               complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Illinois, New York, California.
QUANTITY       3 units of each component were distributed.
REASON         Blood products tested repeatedly reactive for
               the antibody to the human immunodeficiency
               virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1), or were collected
               from a donor who previously tested repeatedly
               reactive for anti-HIV-1.

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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Recovered Plasma.  
               Recall #B-224/225-7.
CODE           Unit #40FS04293.
MANUFACTURER   American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria,
               Illinois.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by telephone on May 23, 1996,
               followed by letter dated June 3, 1996.  Firm-
               initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Illinois and California.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON         Blood products tested repeatedly reactive for
               the antibody to the human immunodeficiency
               virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) were subjected to
               additional retesting.
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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets.
               Recall #B-227/228-7.
CODE           Unit #KR80481.
MANUFACTURER   The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines,
               Iowa.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated February 8,
               1996.  Firm-initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Iowa and Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component was distributed.
                             -2-REASON         Blood products were collected from a donor who
               traveled to areas designated as endemic for
               malaria.

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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets.  
               Recall #B-229/230-7.
CODE           Unit #2000328.
MANUFACTURER   Lorain County Blood Bank, Inc., Elyria, Ohio.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by telephone on August 26, 1996,
               and by letter dated August 29, 1996.  Firm-
               initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Ohio and Massachusetts.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON         Blood products were collected from a donor who
               traveled to an area designated as endemic for
               malaria.

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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets.
               Recall #B-231/232-7.
CODE           Unit numbers:  (a) F07097; (b) F07097,
               FS00270.
MANUFACTURER   Spartanburg Blood Bank, Inc., Spartanburg,
               South Carolina.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated March 1, 1996. 
               Firm-initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   South Carolina.
QUANTITY       (a) 1 unit; (b) 2 units were distributed.
REASON         Blood products were collected from a donor who
               traveled to an area designated as endemic for
               malaria.

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PRODUCT        (a) AS-1 Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets. 
               Recall #B-233/234-7.
CODE           Unit #50G02486.
MANUFACTURER   American Red Cross Blood Services, Toledo,
               Ohio.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated February 27,
               1996.  Firm-initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Ohio.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON         Blood products were collected from a donor who
               traveled to an area designated as endemic for
               malaria.

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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets.  
               Recall #B-237/238-7.
CODE           Unit numbers:  (a) 1564228; (b) 6440615.
MANUFACTURER   Blood Center of Southeast Texas, Inc.,
               Beaumont, Texas.
                             -3-RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated March 1, 1996,
               and by telephone on October 30, 1996.  Firm-
               initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   New York and Texas.
QUANTITY       1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON         A unit of Red Blood Cells was incorrectly
               labeled as irradiated and a unit of platelets
               was prepared from Whole Blood with an extended
               collection time.


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  BIOLOGICS -- CLASS III ======
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PRODUCT        (a) Red Blood Cells; (b) Platelets.
               Recall #B-258/259-7.
CODE           Unit numbers:  (a) 42FW27281, 42FG32323,
               42FG32310; (b) 42FW27281.
MANUFACTURER   American Red Cross, Cleveland, Ohio.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated October 6, 1995. 
               Firm-initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Ohio.
QUANTITY       (a) 3 units; (b) 1 unit was distributed.
REASON         Blood products containing positive antibodies
               screen, were labeled as negative for
               unexpected antibodies.


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  DEVICES -- CLASS II
=========
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PRODUCT        Phoenix PX115 PowerloftTM Alternating Pressure
               Pump, a component for the Phoenix Alternating
               Air Floatation Mattress System, designed to
               provide a combination of alternating pressure
               and ventilation air therapy to prevent
               pressure sores.  Recall #Z-202-7.
CODE           Serial numbers 04109381 through 05060219, Part
               numbers: PX120 and PX120RP. 
MANUFACTURER   Cathay Consolidated Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
               R.O.C.
RECALLED BY    Mason Medical Products, Division of MRC
               Industries, Inc., Glendale, New York, by
               letter dated November 15, 1996.  Firm-
               initiated recall complete.
DISTRIBUTION   Nationwide and Puerto Rico.
QUANTITY       4,694 pumps were distributed.
REASON         The timing mechanism would freeze up causing
               the unit to run continuously until manually
               shut off.  The diaphragm inside the compressor
               part of the pump would rupture or break,
               making the unit inoperable.  


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PRODUCT        Sabratek Model 6060 Homerun Volumetric
               Infusion Pump, for the delivery of enteral,
               epidural, subcutaneous, arterial, and
               intravenous fluids to the patient.  
               Recall #Z-204-7.
CODE           All units with software version 2.0.
MANUFACTURER   Sabratek Corporation, Niles, Illinois.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by telephone on October 15,
               1996, followed by letter dated October 16 and
               18, 1996.  Firm-initiated field correction
               ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION   Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, Texas,
               Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
               Indiana, California, Washington state,
               Louisiana, Ireland, Brazil, Canada.
QUANTITY       487 units were distributed.
REASON         There is a possibility that the device can
               bypass the delay delivery mode when the
               infusion pump is programmed in the Continuous, 
               25 Period, Intermittent or Auto-Ramp profile,
               delivering the solution as programmed without
               the delayed delivery.

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UPDATE         Recall #Z-089-7, which appeared in the January
               2, 1997 Enforcement Report should read: 
               PRODUCT:  Operator's Manual and Front Panel
               Decal for the Medtronix M-300 Talc Sterilizer. 
               Medtronic was incorrectly named in the report
               and is not associated with Medtronix, a
               Division of Dentronix, Inc.


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  DEVICES -- CLASS III ========
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PRODUCT        Vitros Lipase Slides, for use with Vitros
               Chemistry Systems to quantitatively measure
               lipase activity in serum and plasma, for in-
               vitro diagnostic use.  Recall #Z-198-7.
CODE           Catalog #1668409, lot numbers:  5919-0082-6895 
               through 6897.
MANUFACTURER   Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.,
               Rochester, New York.
RECALLED BY    Manufacturer, by letter dated November 15,
               1996.  Firm-initiated recall ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION   Nationwide.
QUANTITY       4,355 cartridges (15 slides each) were
               distributed; firm estimated that 3,500
               cartridges remained on market at time of
               recall initiation.

                             -5-REASON         Some cartridges within affected lots may
               contain slides that exhibit significant biases
               in lipase results.


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS:  VETERINARY PRODUCTS -- CLASS III
==========
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PRODUCT        Tramisol (levamisole resinate), Type A
               Medicated Article, in 32 pound drums, for use
               in the manufacture of swine and cattle worming
               pellets or meal only.  Recall #V-023-7.
CODE           Lot #5026 EXP May 2001. 
MANUFACTURER   American Cyanamid, Resende, Brazil.
RECALLED BY    Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Mundelein, Illinois,
               by letter dated November 21, 1996.  Firm-
               initiated recall ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION   Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia,
               Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri,
               Iowa, Oregon, Texas, Florida.
QUANTITY       55 drums were distributed; firm estimated that
               little if any product remained on market at
               time of recall initiation.
REASON         The label contained typographical error.  The
               label states 22.7 g/lb instead of 227 g/lb
               levamisole hydrochloride.  Several values are
               also missing from the table in the "mixing
               directions" section.

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