Official recall record
BD FACS™ 7-Color Setup Beads
- Issuing authority
- Health Canada — Medical Devices
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- Country of alert
- Canada
- Alert level
- Type II
- Alert type
- recall
What the authority reported
Based on customer complaints, BD has identified errors in the Spectral Overlap Factors (SOF) table provided for specific lots of BD FACS™ 7-color setup beads as listed in the table above. This issue may affect the accuracy of flow cytometry data due to incorrect flow cytometry setup compensation values for multicolor reagents for which proper fluorescence compensation is required prior to analyzing samples. Recall start date: June 3, 2025
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
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Health Canada — Medical Devices — official record →
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.
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