Biomerieux France Chemin De L'Or: Medical Device Recall in 2014 - (Recall #: Z-0843-2014)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2014.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

API NH (REF 10400) API NH is a standardized system for the identification of Neisseria, Haemophilus (and related genera) and Moraxella catharrhalis (Branhamella catarrhalis), which uses miniaturized tests, as well as a specially adapted database. API NH also enables the biotyping of Haemophilus influenza and Haemophilus parainfluenxzae, as well as the detection of a penicllinase.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: November 8, 2013

Date Posted: February 5, 2014

Recall Number: Z-0843-2014

Event ID: 66931

Reason for Recall:

bioM¿rieux identified a visual defect and activity issue on the ZYM B reagent (REF 70493); leading to a false negative results of some API biochemical tests using the ZYM B reagent.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 39439 kits (includes ZYM B reagents, API Listeria * API NH kits)

Code Information:

Lot numbers: 1001896203, 1001957530, 1001957531, 1002112170, 1002112171, 1002112172, 1002279351, 1002340500, 1002112173, 1002171111, 1002171110, 1002279350, 1002279352, 1002340501, 1002340502, 1002340503, 1002412550, 1002412551, 1002485910, 1002485911, 1002455912.

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to U.S. Nationwide; Algerie, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaidjian, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivorie, Germany, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Egypt, Republica De El Salvador, Estonia, Germany, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Herzegovina, Honduras, Hungary, India, Germany, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malaysia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Romania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Singapore, Netherlands, Managua, Niamey Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Uganda, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Italy, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated