2015 Recalls
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2015 Recall Year Insight
Federal agencies issued 8,016 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2015. That represents about 7.88% of the 101,704 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 22.0 recalls per day across the FDA, CPSC, 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 161 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 2015.
On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 8 critical, 41 moderate, and 1 lower-severity recalls. The page references 28 distinct recalling firms operating in 6 distinct product categories, with 47 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Devices (33), FDA Drug (7), CPSC (7), 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 2015 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, or NHTSA for the system-of-record on any specific recall. PlainRecalls indexes this archive for research and consumer awareness purposes.
Fentanyl Citrate, 5 mcg per mL (1,250 mcg per 250 mL), 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare bag in Sodium Chloride 0.9%, IV Use Only, Rx only, Ph…
Pharmedium Services, LLC
PHENYLephrine HCl, 10 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (40 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, L…
Pharmedium Services, LLC
PHENYLephrine HCl, 40 mg added to 250 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP (160 mcg per mL), packaged in 250 ml bags, Rx only, PharMEDium Services, …
Pharmedium Services, LLC
Refresh P.M. (Mineral Oil 42.5% and White Petrolatum 57.3%) Lubricant Eye Ointment, Net wt. 0.12 oz (3.5 g) tube, Allergan, Inc., 2525 Dupont Drive, …
Allergan Sales, LLC
0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 100 mL MINI-BAG VIAFLEX Container, Single Dose Container, Rx Only, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL …
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Bupivacaine HCl 0.0625%, 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare Bag in Sodium chloride 0.9%, Epidural Use Only, Rx Only, PharMEDium Services, LLC, …
Pharmedium Services, LLC
Morphine Sulfate, 1 mg per mL (250 mg per 250 mL), 250 mL total volume in a 250 mL LifeCare bag in Sodium Chloride 0.9%, IV Use Only, Rx only, PharME…
Pharmedium Services, LLC
Siemens RAPIDPoint 500 Measurement Cartridge Lactate (750 tests) Part Number: 10491449 Product Usage: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for …
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
3.5mm Non Locking Cortical Screw, in the PediLoc Tibial Plate System Part number 00-0903-2510, 3.5mm x 10mm Non Locking Cortical Screw. Used in ped…
OrthoPediatrics Corp
Lightspeed 16 CT
GE Healthcare
Trident 10 degrees X3 Insert 36 mm ID Catalog #623-10-36I Hip implant component
Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
PET Discovery LS
GE Healthcare
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit Tubing Pack P/N: 66041-1 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and customized to the des…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated Perfusion Pack with FX25RE P/N: 7928-03 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured a…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated Pediatric Pack P/N: 74039-02 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and custom…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp and Crimping Device Product Usage: The Synthes Cranial Flap Tube Clamp System is intended to reattach a cranial …
Synthes (USA) Products LLC
PET Discovery ST 16
GE Healthcare
Fujifilm Processor EPX 2500 High Definition Endoscopy; (Sales Brochure). For use in endoscopic procedures. Used to observe, record and capture imag…
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated PED/Adult Main Pack P/N: 75185 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and cust…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Regard Custom Surgical Pack, Item Number: 800208002; Sterile, CV0361B - CABG A&B. Used in cardiovascular surgical procedures.
Resource Optimization & Innovation Llc
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated Perfusion Pack P/N: 74077-01 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and custom…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated PED/Adult Main Pack P/N: 75529 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and cust…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Disposable Reflective Marker Spheres The Disposable Reflective Marker Spheres used in conjunction with a stereotaxic instrument consisting of a ri…
Brainlab AG
Siemens RAPIDPoint 500 Measurement Cartridge Lactate (100) tests Part Number: 10844813 Product Usage: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for …
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
ThruPort Knot Pusher. This device is sold individually (Model KP1) and as part of the ThruPort Valve Placement Pack (Model VPP). packaged sterile and…
Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
Fujinon/Fujifilm Processor EPX 2500 Operation Manual. For use in endoscopic procedures.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.
ARTISTE, ONCOR Avantgarde, ONCOR Impression Plus, ONCOR Expression, PRIMUS, PRIMUS Plus, Syngo RT Therapist; therapeutic treatment of cancer Prod…
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
Terumo Custom Cardiovascular Procedure Kit X-Coated Adult Pak P/N: 73124 Terumo Cardiovascular Procedure Kits are manufactured and customized to th…
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp
Marketing brochures for the PowerPICC and PowerPICC SOLO catheters
Bard Access Systems
The Leica ASP6025 Tissue Processor. Pathology and Hematology Departments. The Leica ASP6025 Tissue Processor is an automated system used to proces…
Leica Microsystems, Inc.
Siemens RAPIDPoint 500 Measurement Cartridge Lactate (400) tests Part Number: 10491448 Product Usage: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for …
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
CD4 (SK3), FITC; Contains CD4 FITC with gelatin and 0.1% sodium Azide. Catalog number 340133 in vitro diagnostic used in Hematology: The SK3 mon…
Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Biosciences
Microtek Medical, Inc. ORS Fluid Warming and Slush Drapes, Model #'s ORS-100, ORS-110, ORS-130, ORS-300, ORS-301, ORS-320, ORS-321, ORS-325, ORS-33…
Ecolab Inc
Contra-Angles CA1:1L EVO 15 Catalog numbers: 1600939-001 and 1600938-001 Used for generally dentistry procedures
Bien Air Dental SA
EVIS EXERA II Duodenovideoscope OLYMPUS TJF TypeQ180V. This instrument has been designed to be used with an Olympus video system center, light so…
Olympus America Inc.
PenBlade Safety Scalpel, for the incision of human skin and tissue, and to cut or trim sutures and catheters up to 6Fr. Models PB-M-10, PB-M-11P, PB-…
Zien Medical Technologies, Inc
Dynamic Locking Screw System (DLS) 3.7mm & Dynamic Locking Screw (DLS) 5.0mm; intended for use in long bone fractures, the fixation of osteopenic bon…
Synthes (USA) Products LLC
Regard Custom Surgical Pack, Item Number: 800628; Sterile, CV0805 - CABG B. Used in cardiovascular surgical procedures.
Resource Optimization & Innovation Llc
MicroScan LabPro Information Manager System, Version 1.0 to Version 4.11, Catalog No. 10714149, 10714150. Intended to manage both microbial identific…
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Siemens RAPIDPoint 500 Measurement Cartridge Lactate (250) tests Part Number: 10491447 Product Usage: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for …
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
Millennium Outdoors Recalls Tree Stands Due to Fall Hazard
Shivvers Recalls Country Clipper Lawn Mowers Due to Fire Hazard (Recall Alert)
Shivvers Manufacturing Inc., of Corydon, Iowa
FORD 2015: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
FORD
FREIGHTLINER 2016: STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
FREIGHTLINER
FORD 2016: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FORD
Calphalon Recalls Pizza Wheels Due to Laceration Hazard
Calphalon Corporation, of Atlanta. Ga.
Chewbeads Recalls Pacifier Clips Due to Choking Hazard
Madewell Expands Recall of Women's Sandals Due to Fall Hazard
Madewell Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Rattan Arm Chairs Recalled by Ross Stores Due to Fall and Injury Hazard
Thirteen Manufacturers, Distributors Recall Bicycles with Front Disc Brakes to Replace Quick Release Lever Due to Crash Hazard
Accell North America
Nearby Recall Years
Browse recalls from adjacent calendar years to see how federal enforcement volume has shifted over time.
Data Sources
- Source: FDA openFDA Enforcement API - calendar-year recall filings for food, drugs, and devices
- Source: CPSC + NHTSA - consumer product and vehicle recall feeds for 2015
Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC and NHTSA recall records, no number is typed in by an editor. Figures cover calendar year 2015 across the FDA, CPSC 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 July 2026.