FDAJuly 17, 2015device
LYFO Disk
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
LYFO Disk Catalog #0983L is to contain Candida tropicalis. However, lot number 983-40-3 under Catalog #0983L, labeled as Candida tropicalis, is actually Yersinia entercolitica. This labeling error may cause a user's quality control to fail, resulting in testing needing to be repeated and delayed test results.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Completed
Brands named
microbiologics
UPCs
10845357023930
Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
- FDAKWIK-STIK 6-Pack, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325K2025-12-02
- FDALYFO DISK, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325L2025-12-02
- FDAKWIK-STIK 2-Pack, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325P2025-12-02
- FDAKWIK-STIK, Quality control kit for culture media, Vibrio parahaemolyticus derived from ATCC 17802, Catalog Number 0818K2025-11-13
- FDALYFO-DISK, M. Canis Derived from ATCC 36299, packaged as: 1) REF 0894K (6-pack), 2) REF 0894P (2-pack)2025-06-27
- FDALYFO-DISK, M. Canis Derived from ATCC 36299, packaged as: 1) REF 0894L2025-06-27
- FDAKWIK-STIK and LYFO DISK, quality control kit for culture media Catalog # 0805K and 0805L2025-06-17
- FDAKWIK-STICK, Quality control kit for culture media, Catalog Numbers 01065K, Oligella urethralis derived from ATCC¿ 17960; 0621K, Staphylococcus aureus derived from NCTC 124932025-05-27
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