Lipase, Catalog No. OSR6x30 Product Usage: Lipase OSR6x30 is intended as a System reagent for the quantitative determination of Lipase activity in human serum on Beckman Coulter AU analyzers.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-1930-2016) was formally reported on June 15, 2016, with the manufacturer initiating the action on April 13, 2016. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. Beckman Coulter Inc. is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Brea, CA. Federal records indicate 32,926 units total (6,041 units in US) units are affected, placing this recall in the million-unit bracket that typically triggers nationwide consumer alerts and retailer sweeps.

The documented reason for this recall is: Beckman Coulter has identified that Dipyrone (Metamizole) may cause erroneous, false low results in the following assays: Cholesterol OSR6X16, Triglyceride OSR6X118, Uric Acid OSR6X98, Lactate OSR6X93, and Lipase OSR6X3… Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide including Puerto Rico and the countries of: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ca…. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 10 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.