epoc BGEM Test Card (Catalogue number CT-1004-00-00)
Medical device recall Z-1971-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 21, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 21, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 37 states named
- 828,750 Test Card 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?
This recall is being initiated because the affected lots of this product may yield results that are not consistent with stated precision performance criteria at concentration values at the high-end of the Glucose test sensor (>400 mg/dl). Specifically, after a period of storage of three (3) to four (4) months, the Glucose sensor may report low results at the high end of the measurement range.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
epoc BGEM Test Card (Catalogue number CT-1004-00-00). quantitative testing of samples for pH, pCO2, pO2, Sodium Potassium , Ionized Calcium, Glucose, Lactate and Hematocrit.
828,750 Test Card, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
LOT #’s EXP. DATES 07-12283-00 03/26/2013 07-12284-00 03/27/2013 07-12285-00 03/28/2013 07-12289-00 04/01/2013 07-12290-00 04/02/2013 07-12292-00 04/04/2013 07-12293-00 04/05/2013 07-12296-00 04/08/2013 07-12297-00 04/09/2013 07-12298-00…
Every code shown here, 1,168 characters
LOT #’s EXP. DATES 07-12283-00 03/26/2013 07-12284-00 03/27/2013 07-12285-00 03/28/2013 07-12289-00 04/01/2013 07-12290-00 04/02/2013 07-12292-00 04/04/2013 07-12293-00 04/05/2013 07-12296-00 04/08/2013 07-12297-00 04/09/2013 07-12298-00 04/10/2013 07-12300-00 04/12/2013 07-12303-00 04/15/2013 07-12305-00 04/17/2013 07-12306-00 04/18/2013 07-12307-00 04/19/2013 07-12310-00 04/22/2013 07-12312-00 04/24/2013 07-12313-00 04/25/2013 07-12314-00 04/26/2013 07-12317-00 04/29/2013 07-12320-00 05/02/2013 07-12321-00 05/03/2013 07-12324-00 05/06/2013 07-12325-00 05/07/2013 07-12327-00 05/09/2013 07-12331-00 05/13/2013 07-12333-00 05/15/2013 07-12335-00 05/17/2013 07-12338-00 05/20/2013 07-12340-00 05/22/2013 07-12341-00 05/23/2013 07-12345-00 05/27/2013 07-12346-00 05/28/2013 07-12347-00 05/29/2013 07-12349-00 05/31/2013 07-12352-00 06/03/2013 07-12354-00 06/05/2013 07-12355-00 06/06/2013 07-12362-00 06/13/2013 07-12363-00 06/14/2013 07-13002-00 06/19/2013 07-13003-00 06/20/2013 07-13004-00 06/21/2013 07-13007-00 06/24/2013 07-13008-00 06/25/2013 07-13009-00 06/26/2013 07-13010-00 06/27/2013 07-13014-00 07/01/2013 07-13015-00 07/02/2013 07-13017-00 07/04/2013
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) including the District of Columbia, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and the states of CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VE, WA, WI, and WV and the coutries of India, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Russia Fed., Singapore, South Africa, South korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The states and territories these words name
37 states and territories.
Every one of them
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- US Virgin Islands
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
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 Mar 13, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Aug 14, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 21, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 31, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Epocal, of Ottawa, Canada.
- 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.”
- 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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