Saline ampules recalled over a citation against the contract manufacturer - sterility is the most common reason of all (Spectra Medical Devices)
The U.S. FDA classified as Class I a recall of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection in 10 mL ampules sold by Spectra Medical Devices. The reason is that Huons, the manufacturing firm, was cited over product quality and sterility assurance.
Recall overview (primary data)
- ClassificationClass I (most serious)
- Product typeMedical Device
- Recalling firmSpectra Medical Devices, Llc
- ReasonManufacturing firm, Huons, was cited for issues regarding product quality and sterility assurance. If the product sterility is compromised, patients may be exposed to microorganisms, endotoxins, or foreign matter. This may trigger inflammatory responses, infections, micro-clots, and organ failure.
- DistributionDistributed in the United States to medical device kit packers in six (6) states - CA, FL, NC, OK, TX, VA.
- Recall initiated2026-07-06
Key points
- Class I is the FDA's most serious recall category, applied where there is a reasonable probability of serious harm or death.
- The product is 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection in 10 mL ampules, used to flush IV tubing and indwelling intravascular access devices.
- The firm cited was not the seller but Huons, the manufacturer, over product quality and sterility assurance.
- If sterility is compromised, exposure to microorganisms, endotoxins or foreign matter may trigger inflammation, infection, micro-clots and organ failure.
- Distribution went to medical device kit packers in six states rather than to end users, so the product travels onward inside kits.
- Of the 1,408 FDA recall records this site holds as of 2026-09-02, 228 name sterility in the reason - the most common term.
1Sterility for something that enters the bloodstream
A saline flush is used to clear IV tubing and indwelling intravascular access devices. Because it is injected into a route connected directly to the bloodstream, anything present in it - microorganisms or foreign matter - bypasses the body's defences and reaches the whole system. The inflammatory responses, infections, micro-clots and organ failure the record names follow from the nature of that route.
The product itself is simple saline; what changes is that its sterility can no longer be assured.
2The firm cited is not the firm selling it
What draws attention here is that the citation over quality and sterility assurance went not to Spectra Medical Devices, which sells the product, but to Huons, which manufactures it. In single-use medical products, the company holding the brand and the company actually making it are often different. Where a problem is found at a contract manufacturer, product leaving that plant falls under recall regardless of the brand on it.
- 1The contract manufacturer is citedHuons was cited over product quality and sterility assurance
- 2Sterility can no longer be assuredWhere the process cannot be guaranteed, shipped product carries the same doubt
- 3Shipped product is recalledSpectra Medical Devices, the brand holder, conducts the recall
- 4It spreads downstreamDistribution went to medical device kit packers in six states, and onward from there
That the destination is kit packers rather than end users lengthens the chain. Ampules are combined with other devices into kits, so unless it can be traced which kits they entered, the scope of the recall cannot be settled.
3Sterility is the most common reason of all
Reasons naming a specific contaminant - Salmonella in 96 records, Listeria in 25 - appear less often than sterility, which points at whether the process itself can be guaranteed. Recalling not because an organism was found but because the basis for assurance has fallen away is a shape seen widely across device and injectable recalls.
Why it matters
In single-use medical products the brand holder and the manufacturer are frequently different companies, so a quality or sterility problem found at a contract site becomes a recall of your own branded product. How quickly inspection findings at a contract site are learned, whether manufacturing lots can be matched against shipment records, and how far downstream distribution can be traced when the customer is a kit packer rather than an end user all determine the scope and speed of the response.
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Sources (primary)
Source: openFDA (U.S. FDA, CC0 public domain). Data is provided as-is and must not be used for medical decisions. Verify the latest and exact details with the official FDA recall information. This site is not endorsed or certified by the U.S. FDA.
- FDA recall information (official)
- openFDA (data provider)
- Recall number: Z-2873-2026