FREE-LOCK LAG SCREW, 12.7, FREE-LOCK LAG SCREW, 15.8, FREE-LOCK SUPRACOND TUBE and FREE-LOCK TUBE & SCP PLAT
Medical device recall Z-1003-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 26, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 26, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 7,044,680 total how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the Building 1 packaging operation at this facility were not properly validated. As a result, Zimmer conducted seal integrity testing to evaluate if previously packaged product from this facility met the established requirements for sterile barrier integrity. The acceptance criteria established for this testing was 99% reliability with a 90% confidence interval. These packaging tray configurations met the acceptance criteria for sterile barrier integrity of both the inner and outer trays, however, Zimmer has decided to recall all manufacturing lots that have not expired and that were sterile packaged in the ZMBV facility Building 1 packaging operations.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
FREE-LOCK LAG SCREW, 12.7, FREE-LOCK LAG SCREW, 15.8, FREE-LOCK SUPRACOND TUBE and FREE-LOCK TUBE & SCP PLAT. Items starting with codes 0011810 and 0011811.
7,044,680 total, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
60879678 61278171 61625237 60564708 61026414 60564708R 60564710 60915347 61141512 61142759 60639474 60782037 62046409 60155294 60206463 62120939 60206463R 60108502 60152927 60206464 60862361 60862362 60862361R 60142899 60165580 60206466…
Every code shown here, 1,994 characters
60879678 61278171 61625237 60564708 61026414 60564708R 60564710 60915347 61141512 61142759 60639474 60782037 62046409 60155294 60206463 62120939 60206463R 60108502 60152927 60206464 60862361 60862362 60862361R 60142899 60165580 60206466 60487350 60671954 60736748 61491355 62120941 60208478 60815946 61278172 61502705 60142901 60172569 60281392 60538633 60705043 60736749 60830649 61026415 60162132 60639475 60781210 61110037 60782040 60782041 61345993 61399023 61045321 61400219 60817011 61268917 60782042 60931208 61400222 61400223 61393376 60782043 61141513 61278174 61284322 61026411 61286935 60106612 60572988 61286938 61491356 60071404 60099545 60107375 60218931 60218932 60653031 60782044 61026409 61195093 61420626 61502706 61616173 60080046 60109509 60115145 60126996 60154170 60195018 60208481 60234047 60275162 60472815 60536817 60653032 60781212 60879681 61026406 61141514 61195094 61274845 61284324 61345995 61629793 61700052 60111966 60112840 60123244 60126997 60142902 60165583 60175627 60189035 60190841 60218933 60218934 60222827 60222828 60234048 60275163 60281396 60290741 60293063 60323238 60653043 60701995 60705044 60782045 60812141 60862367 61037587 61037588 61141515 61195095 61209053 61251129 61278175 61284325 61420628 61466805 61614765 61663369 61278175R 60097895 60103441 60106613 60112843 60123245 60126998 60132497 60142903 60154171 60157576 60172572 60181946 60186847 60195020 60208482 60215946 60222829 60222830 60234049 60242264 60242265 60254701 60275164 60281399 60290742 60293064 60293065 60323239 60572989 60621339 60653053 60671955 60701998 60736750 60782046 60812142 60931209 61026403 61026404 61077251 61110038 61120992 61141516 61171562 61184409 61195096 61209054 61251130 61428485 61534196 61609887 61644214 61663371 61195096R 60088618 60097896 60099546 60103442 60107376 60107377 60123246 60126999 60135159 60142904 60150153 60155295 60165584 60172573 60186849 60195021 60208483 60215947 60222831 60222832 60234050 60236419 60242267 60242269 60254706…
FDA’s list runs to 12,894 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Belgium, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal Reunion, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and United Kingdom.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 11, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Feb 20, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 26, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 14, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Zimmer, Inc., of Warsaw, IN.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 12,894 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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