Class II — Life Technologies, Corp.
| Recalling firm | Life Technologies Corporation |
|---|---|
| Registered facility | View this company's 9 registered facilities → (openFDA recall records do not name a specific facility) |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | It has been determined that the fill port tube seal integrity was compromised during the manufacture of the product lot. This may cause media to leak out of the primary sterile packaging into outer non-sterile dust cover packaging, and subsequently mold may grow in the pooled, leaked media. |
| Product | Gibco Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), high glucose, pyruvate, Model Number 11995123. Tissue and cell culture medium. |
| Quantity | 70 |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution. US states: CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, MA, MD, PA, RI, UT, and WA., Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, and Switzerland. |
| Initiated | 2018-05-10 |
| Classified | 2018-07-25 |
| Terminated | 2020-05-05 |
| Recall number | Z-2547-2018 |
| Initiation | Voluntary: Firm initiated |
Source: U.S. FDA via openFDA (opens in a new tab) (device registration & enforcement). Data as of 2026-10-06. Verify this recall record at FDA → (opens in a new tab)
Cite this record
RegWarden. “Class II recall — Life Technologies, Corp. (Z-2547-2018).” Compiled from U.S. FDA public records (openFDA; FDA Data Dashboard). Data as of 2026-10-06. https://regwarden.com/recall/80380/
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