2019 Recalls
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2019 Recall Year Insight
Federal agencies issued 7,480 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2019. That represents about 7.35% of the 101,704 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 20.5 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 150 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 2019.
On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 20 critical, 29 moderate, and 1 lower-severity recalls. The page references 15 distinct recalling firms operating in 3 distinct product categories, with 44 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Devices (45), NHTSA (4), CPSC (1), 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 2019 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.
ROTEM ex-tem; US Part No: 503-05-US
Instrumentation Laboratory Co.
Philips 5-Lead Set, Disposable, Bedside, AAMI Model # 989803173131 Product Usage: Philips Single-Patient-Use ECG lead sets for bedside monitorin…
Philips North America, LLC
Berchtold Chromophare F528 Surgical Lights. Product Usage: The medical lights are for usage in hospital treatment rooms. They provide localized…
Stryker Communications
Hudson RCI Sheridan Preformed: a) 3.0 mm, REF 5-22006, REF 5-22106 b) 3.5 mm, REF 5-22007, REF 5-22107 c) 4.0 mm, REF 5-22008, REF 5-22108, REF 5-…
Teleflex Medical
Natrelle and McGhan 410 TruForm 2 (Soft Touch) BIOCELL breast implant, Styles LL, LM, LF, ML, MM, MF, FL, FM, FF Product Usage: Breast augmen…
Allergan PLC
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 69 mm Item # 195754
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Natrelle Inspira, Silicone-Filled Breast Implants, Sterile, for the following style numbers: Style TRL: TRL-110TRL-125,TRL-140,TRL-170,TRL-200,TRL…
Allergan PLC
Hudson RCI Sheridan Uncuffed: a) 2.0 mm, REF 5-10404 b) 2.5 mm, REF 5-10405 c) 3.0 mm, REF 5-10406 d) 3.5 mm, REF 5-10407 e) 4.0 mm, REF 5-104…
Teleflex Medical
Natrelle and McGhan Silicone-Filled Breast Implants, TruForm 2 (Soft Touch), BIOCELL, Styles 110 Soft Touch and 120 Soft Touch Product Usage : Br…
Allergan PLC
Vanguard XP Tibial Tray 65 mm Item # 195246
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
McGhan Croissant-Shaped Tissue Expanders, Style 134 Product Usage: intended for temporary subcutaneous implantation and require periodic, increme…
Allergan PLC
Hudson RCI Sheridan LTS: a) 4.0 mm, REF 5-11108 b) 5.0 mm, REF 5-11110 c) 6.0 mm, REF 5-11112 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
Teleflex Medical
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 63mm Item # 195269
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 67 mm Item # 195753
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Vanguard XP Tibial Tray 69 mm Item # 195248
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 75 mm Item # 195757
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 71mm Item # 195273
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Sheridan/HVT Novaplus: a) 7.0 mm, REF V5-10314 b) 7.5 mm, REF V5-10315 c) 8.0 mm, REF V5-10316 d) 8.5 mm, REF V5-10317 Product Usage: Trache…
Teleflex Medical
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 65mm Item # 195270
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
CAIMAN DISP.INSTR.ARTICULAT.D:12/240MM REF: PL730SU - Product Usage: Instrument intended for use in general surgery and gynecologic procedures where…
Aesculap Implant Systems LLC
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 73mm Item # 195274
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 79 mm Item # 195276
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Natrelle and McGhan Silicone-Filled Breast Implant BioCell Round Moderate Profile, Sterile, for the following style numbers: Style 110:110-090, 110…
Allergan PLC
Natrelle 133 Tissue Expanders w/Suture Tabs BIOCELL Full Height Variable Projection with MAGNA-FINDEr Xact & 21G Needle Infusion Set STYLE 133FV-T…
Allergan PLC
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 63 mm Item # 195751
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Vanguard XP Tibial Tray 71 mm Item # 195249
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 71 mm Item # 195755
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP- CR Tibial Tray- Interlok 59mm Item # 195268
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Natrelle 133 Tissue Expanders (also named style 133 BIOSPAN Tissue Expander and Mcghan Magna-Site Tissue Expander) BioCell Full Height Variable Proje…
Allergan PLC
Natrelle 410, Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Filled Breast Implant Biocell Low Height Low Projection, Sterile, for the following style …
Allergan PLC
Vanguard XP Tibial Tray 87 mm Item # 195254
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Sheridan/CF Novaplus 7.0 mm, REF V5-10114 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
Teleflex Medical
Natrelle 510, TruForm, Dual-Gel, BIOCELL, Styles LX, MX, FX Product Usage: Breast augmentation and Breast reconstruction
Allergan PLC
McGhan BioDIMENSIONAL silicone-Filled Breast Implants, style 153 Product Usage: Breast augmentation and Breast reconstruction
Allergan PLC
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 87 mm Item # 195760
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 67mm Item # 195271
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Threaded Offset Cup Impactor - Product Usage: To assist the surgeon in the implantation of Novation hip system components according to a conventional…
Exactech, Inc.
This is an in vitro diagnostic product intended for use as a calibration serum in clinical chemistry assays. Randox calibration sera contain 42 analy…
Randox Laboratories Ltd.
Dynex DSX Software-IVD ELISA Assays effected as follows: DSX Assay File Software: ZEUS vl B. burgdorferi lgG-lgM.asy ZEUS vl Borrelia VlsEl-pepCl…
Zeus Scientific, Inc.
XP-CR Tibial Tray - Interlok 69mm Item # 195272
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Medtronic Micra MC1VR01, Single chamber transcatheter pacing system, REF MC1VR01US (US only). Cardiac pacemaker.
Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)
Vanguard XP Tibial Tray 83 mm Item # 195253
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
RITZ PRINCESS, BIOCELL, INTRASHIEL, BioDIMENSIONAL Breast Implant, Styles RML, RMM, RFL, RFM Product Usage: Breast augmentation and Breast recons…
Allergan PLC
CAIMAN DISP.INSTR.ARTICULAT.D:12/440MM REF: PL731SU- Product Usage: Instrument intended for use in general surgery and gynecologic procedures where …
Aesculap Implant Systems LLC
XP-XP Tibial Tray - Interlok 91mm Item # 195761
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Kichler Lighting Recalls Pendant Lights Due to Fire Hazard
MERCEDES-BENZ 2019: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
MERCEDES-BENZ
FREIGHTLINER,MERCEDES-BENZ 2018-2019: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
FREIGHTLINER,MERCEDES-BENZ
SUBARU 2020: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
SUBARU
ISUZU 2019: STEERING
ISUZU
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 2019
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 2019 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.