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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · 2009

B.E.C. Growth Chek Microbial Suspensions

K842579510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 27, 198424-day reviewClass I21 CFR 866.2480Recalls 1

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Biological & Environmental Control Laboratories · JTR Kit, Quality Control For Culture Media

Cleared on Jul 27, 1984 after a 24-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Jul 27, 1984
Review
24 days
Class
Class I
Product code
JTR
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K842579Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Jan 13, 2009Not classifiedZ-1043-2009Process controlCandida albicans microbial suspension, certified to deliver less than 100 organisms per dose, was found to have a population count which exceeded 100 organisms per dose, following distribution.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All JTR devices

JTR Kit, Quality Control For Culture Media: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JTR

FDA has decided no JTR device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · JTR

Too few JTR 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · JTR

4in 2025

2007: 42013: 12014: 32015: 32017: 22020: 152021: 22023: 22025: 4
2007high 15 (2020) · low 0 (2008)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · JTR

1in 2015

2015: 1
2007high 1 (2015) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JTR, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—40
20080—00
20090—00
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20130—10
20140—30
20150—31
20160—00
20170—20
20180—00
20190—00
20200—150
20210—20
20220—00
20230—20
20240—00
20250—40
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K842579: B.E.C. Growth Chek Microbial Suspensions.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K842579

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