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2014 Recalls

7,659 federal recalls indexed for 2014 · Page 12 of 154

2014 Recall Year Insight

Federal agencies issued 7,659 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2014. That represents about 7.33% of the 104,423 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 21.0 recalls per day across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, and NHTSA combined. Year-level views are the cleanest way to see macro patterns: volume spikes often correlate with new regulatory priorities (e.g., infant-sleep products after 2021, lithium-ion batteries after 2022), supply-chain contamination events, or changes in agency enforcement intensity, while quiet years can reflect either genuine product-safety improvements or reduced agency staffing and reporting lag. With 154 pages at 50 recalls each, browsing this year end-to-end gives a statistically representative sample of what the federal recall pipeline looked like in 2014.

On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 13 critical, 36 moderate, and 1 lower-severity recalls. The page references 27 distinct recalling firms operating in 6 distinct product categories, with 42 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Devices (31), NHTSA (8), FDA Food (8), which matters because each agency's recall authority, hazard framing, and remedy mechanism differ, an FDA food recall, a CPSC consumer-product recall, and a NHTSA vehicle recall are legally distinct instruments even when the underlying hazard language sounds similar. Reviewing the dominant agency for a given year is one of the fastest ways to understand where federal attention was concentrated.

Year-indexed browsing serves three practical purposes: historical research (tracking how a hazard class evolved over time), consumer action (finding whether a product purchased in 2014 was later recalled), and journalistic or regulatory context (understanding what the enforcement landscape looked like in a given period). Every record on this page links to a full detail view with the hazard, remedy, distribution, and agency-assigned recall number, always use that recall number to verify current status directly with the issuing agency before acting on time-sensitive remedies, because agencies amend, terminate, and expand recalls in the months and years after initial publication. Data on this page reflects federal agency public filings; the agency's live record remains authoritative for legal, medical, or safety decisions. Verify with FDA openFDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, or NHTSA for the system-of-record on any specific recall. PlainRecalls indexes this archive for research and consumer awareness purposes.

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FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

IntellaMap Orion High Resolution Mapping Catheter; Material number: M004RC64S0; Catalog number RC64S; Is indicated for electrophysiological mapping (recording or stimulating only) of the cardiac structures of the heart.

Boston Scientific Corp
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Conformis iTotal CR G2 Knee Replacement System Catalog/Model #: M57250600010 Intended for use as a total knee replacement in patients with knee joint pain and disability.

ConforMIS, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement System- 55mm Rt Standard Ti Mand Reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint

Biomet Microfixation, LLC
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Rapid Centesis Catheter, 5 Fr x 7 cm Catheter, Ref No. M7513 Product Usage: Short term percutaneous fluid drainage

Pfm Medical Inc
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

MEVION S250, used for proton radiation therapy.

Mevion Medical Systems, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Galt trephines are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the CareFusion brand name.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Hudson burrs are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Symmetry Surgical, Medfix International, CareFusion, Boss Instruments, and Medline Industries brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

A trocar is a sharp-pointed instrument used with a cannula for piercing a vessel or chamber to facilitate insertion of the cannula sold under the Symmetry Surgical, CareFusion, and Ambler Surgical brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

ASEPT 600 ml Drainage Kit, Ref No. 622287, M7052 Product Usage: The ASEPT Drainage Kit is an accessory to be used to connect to the ASEPT Pleural or Peritoneal Drainage Catheter to drain fluid from the chest or abdomen.

Pfm Medical Inc
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Alcon Single-Use Curved Jewelers/Iris Bipolar Forceps REF 8065129101 Sterile RX only; Alcon Single-Use Straight/Iris Bipolar Forceps REF 8065129501 Sterile RX only. Usage: Electrosurgical instrument for ophthalmic surgery.

Alcon Research, Ltd.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

1488 HD 3-Chip Camera; Model Number 1488-610-122 - HD 3-Chip Camera Head with Integrated Coupler. Product Usage: High definition camera to view endoscopic surgical sites on video monitors and capture still and video images of endoscopic surgical applications. Indicated for use in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, sinuscopy and plastic surgery wherever a laparoscope/endoscope/arthroscope is indicated for use.

Stryker Endoscopy
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement System- 45mm Rt Standard TI Mand Reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint

Biomet Microfixation, LLC
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

BrightView XCT is a gamma camera for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and integrates with an attenuation device consisting of flat panel x-ray imaging components.

Philips Medical Systems, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

An external vein stripper is an extravascular device used to remove a section of a vein sold under the Symmetry Surgical, CareFusion, Boss Instruments, Phoenix Instruments, Autobahn Surgical, Echo Instruments, Millennium Surgical, B.B.M. Surgical Instruments, Stealth Surgical, Medline Industries, Medsaver M S I Precision, and Surgical Direct brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Tonometers are manual devices intended to measure intraocular pressure by applying a known force on the globe of the eye and measuring the amount of indentation produced (Schiotz type) or to measure intraocular tension by applanation (applying a small flat disk to the cornea) and are sold under the Millennium Surgical, Symmetry Surgical, Accutome, Boss Instruments, and Medline Industries brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Cushing burrs are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Medfix International and Stealth Surgical brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Manual trephines are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Millennium Surgical, Symmetry Surgical, Medline Industries, CareFusion, Boss Instruments, and Surgical Direct brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Hudson cerebellar extensions are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Boss Instruments brand name.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement System- 45mm Lft Stand Off Ti Mand Reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint

Biomet Microfixation, LLC
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

ASEPT 2000 ml Drainage Bag, Ref No. 622280 Product Usage: The ASEPT Drainage Bag is to be used for peritoneal drainage with the ASEPT Peritoneal Drainage Catheter only.

Pfm Medical Inc
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement System- 50mm Lft Stand Off Ti Mand Reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint

Biomet Microfixation, LLC
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 4, LEFT, REF 71425004, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.

Smith & Nephew, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Mammomat Inspiration system: Product Usage: mammography exams, screening, diagnosis, and stereotactic biopsies under the supervision of medical professionals. Mammographic images can be interpreted by either hard copy film or soft copy workstation.

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Oxoid Legionella BCYE Growth Supplement packaged in packs of 10-100ml vials. A growth supplement for the isolation of Legionella.

Remel Inc
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Traction tong replacement screws, non-springloaded are used in traction skull tongs for traction used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation) and are sold under the CareFusion, Boss Instruments, and Stealth Surgical brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Replacement screw non-springloaded traction tongs are skull tongs for traction used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation) and sold under the CareFusion, Boss Instruments, Millennium Surgical, Prezio Health, and Stealth Surgical brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Invacare Perfecto 2 V Oxygen Concentrator The finished device is packaged as a single unit. The service part contains a single pair of sieve beds; one pair of sieve beds is used in a single finished device. Intended to provide supplemental oxygen to patients with respiratory disorders, by separating nitrogen from room air, by way of a molecular sieve.

Invacare Corporation
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

BD Insyte Autoguard Catheter An active safety engineered peripheral IV catheter with a retracting needle to reduce accidental needle stick injuries. The safety feature (needle retraction) of this device is activated when the clinician depresses the button located on the superior surface of the grip. This product is used to provide access to the intravascular system for administration of fluids, medication, blood and blood products and for the withdrawal of the blood samples.

Becton Dickinson & Company
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

The Affinity Fusion Oxygenator with Integrated Arterial Filter and Carmeda Bioactive Surface is a single-use, microporous, hollow-fiber, gas-exchange device with plasma resistant fiber and integrated heat exchanger and arterial filter. The oxygenator is bonded on its primary blood contacting surfaces with a non-leaching biocompatible surface to reduce platelet activation and adhesion and preserve platelet function. The device is non-toxic, nonpyrogenic, and supplied sterile in individual packa

Medtronic Perfusion Systems
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Hudson braces are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Teleflex Medical, Boss Instruments, Symmetry Surgical, and CareFusion brand names.

Instrumed International, Inc.
FDA Devices Moderate Dec 17, 2014

Lock nuts for titanium traction tongs are used in traction skull tongs for traction used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation) and are sold under the CareFusion, Millennium Surgical, Boss Instruments, and Stealth Surgical brand names

Instrumed International, Inc.
CPSC No agency class Dec 17, 2014

Wegmans Food Markets Recalls Moody Face Stress Balls Due to Choking Hazard
NHTSA No agency class Dec 17, 2014

DODGE 2015: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

DODGE
CPSC No agency class Dec 16, 2014

WindowTex Recalls Custom Roller Shades Due to Risk of Injury

Windowcraft Inc. dba. WindowTex, of Garden City Park, NY
NHTSA No agency class Dec 16, 2014

DODGE 2005: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT

DODGE
NHTSA No agency class Dec 16, 2014

DODGE,MITSUBISHI 2006-2007: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

DODGE,MITSUBISHI
NHTSA No agency class Dec 16, 2014

ACURA 2014-2015: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

ACURA
NHTSA No agency class Dec 15, 2014

VOLKSWAGEN 2015: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

VOLKSWAGEN
NHTSA No agency class Dec 15, 2014

MINI 2014-2015: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

MINI
NHTSA No agency class Dec 15, 2014

HONDA 2015: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

HONDA
CPSC No agency class Dec 12, 2014

Bicycle Helmets Recalled by UVEX Sports Due to Risk of Head Injury

Uvex Sports GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
NHTSA No agency class Dec 12, 2014

FORD 2005-2006: AIR BAGS

FORD
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Crema GuateLinda (Guatemalan Style Cream) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Crema GuateLinda Guatemalan Style Cream Net WT 1 LB (16 oz)

Oasis Brands, Inc
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Cuajada en Hoja (Fresh Curd Cheese) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Cuajada en Hoja Queso Casero Hecho a Mano Fresh Curd Net Wt 12oz (340g)

Oasis Brands, Inc
FDA Food Moderate Dec 10, 2014

Gourmet Warehouse, Island Jerk Marinade, 16 fl oz. (473 mL), Ingredient: Soy Sauce, Lemon Juice, Thyme, Allspice, Onion, Garlic, Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Savory Paprika, Spices, P.O. Box 22764, Hilton Head Island, SC 29925.

R and S Gourmet Warehouse
FDA Food Low Dec 10, 2014

DASANI (R) PURIFIED WATER, 16.9 FL OZ (1.06 PT) 500 mL, BOTTLED BY A MEMBER OF THE COCA-COLA BOTTLERS' ASSOCIATION, ATLANTA, GA 30313, UPC 24pk- 2 4900003165 2

Coca Cola Bottling Company United, LLC
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Crema Centroamericana (Centroamerican Style Soft Blend Dairy Spread) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Crema Centroamericana Net Wt 1LB (16oz)

Oasis Brands, Inc
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Queso Fresco (Fresh Cheese) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese Net Wt 12oz (340g)

Oasis Brands, Inc
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Quesito Casero (Fresh Curd Cheese) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Quesito Casero Fresh Curd Net Wt 12oz. (340g)

Oasis Brands, Inc
FDA Food Critical Dec 10, 2014

Queso Seco Hondureno (Honduran Style Dry Cheese) in individually soft poly/plastic bags labeled in part: Lacteos Santa Martha Queso Seco Hondureno Dry Cheese Net Wt 12oz (340g)

Oasis Brands, Inc

Nearby Recall Years

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Data Sources

  • Source: FDA openFDA Enforcement API - calendar-year recall filings for food, drugs, and devices
  • Source: USDA FSIS Recalls - calendar-year meat, poultry, and processed egg product recall filings
  • Source: CPSC + NHTSA - consumer product and vehicle recall feeds for 2014

Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA recall records; no number is typed in by an editor. Figures cover calendar year 2014 across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA federal recall feeds. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.