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Lower risk Medical device recall · FDA · Published February 2, 2024

Beaver Visitec Irrigation Handle Recall: Missing Date Labels on Packaging

Beaver Visitec International recalls irrigation handles with missing manufacturing and expiration dates on labels. Owners should check product details and contact the company for guidance.

🇺🇸 FDA recall #Z-1294-2024Medical deviceBeaver Visite: International ›
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Recalling firmBeaver Visitec International, Inc.500 Totten Pond Rd, 10 City Point · Waltham, MA 02451-1916
✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

Beaver Visitec International is recalling irrigation handles for eye use because the packaging lacks required manufacturing and expiration dates. This could lead to improper use if the product's age or quality isn't known. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/56204-beaver-visitec-irrigation-handle-recall-missing-date-labels-on-packaging.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/56204-beaver-visitec-irrigation-handle-recall-missing-date-labels-on-packaging · Updated August 19, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #Z-1294-2024

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“Beaver Visitec Irrigation Handle Recall: Missing Date Labels on Packaging.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/56204-beaver-visitec-irrigation-handle-recall-missing-date-labels-on-packaging. Based on FDA recall #Z-1294-2024 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-1294-2024%22&limit=1).

Beaver Visitec International, Inc. recalled BVI Visitec Irrigation Handle (20/SP) units because pack and pouch labels are missing manufacturing and expiration dates, the FDA said on Feb. 2, 2024.

How to tell if you have it

  • Brand: Beaver Visite: International
  • Product: BVI Visitec Irrigation Handle (20/SP)
  • Catalog Number: 581012
  • UDI Number: 50886158002227
  • Lot Numbers: 21C0925, 21C0926

The hazard

The pack and pouch label is missing the manufacturing and expiration date.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Beaver-Visitec International, Inc. has 15 other recalls on record since Nov. 3, 2017. Other recent recalls of similar products include LimFlow Vector Product Recall (Dec. 5, 2025), B Braun Discofix Four Way Stopcock Recall (Aug. 4, 2026) and Expressaire Disposable Tourniquet Cuff Recall (Aug. 24, 2026).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for the catalog number 581012 and UDI number 50886158002227 on the packaging. The lot numbers 21C0925 and 21C0926 are also associated with this recall.

  • Brand
    Beaver Visite: International
  • Category
    Medical device
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Check Product Labels

    Look for the missing manufacturing and expiration dates on the packaging of the BVI Visitec Irrigation Handle (20/SP).

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.

Alaska: yesAKMaine: yesMEVermont: yesVTNew Hampshire: yesNHWashington: yesWAIdaho: yesIDMontana: yesMTNorth Dakota: yesNDMinnesota: yesMNIllinois: yesILWisconsin: yesWIMichigan: yesMINew York: yesNYRhode Island: yesRIMassachusetts: yesMAOregon: yesORNevada: yesNVWyoming: yesWYSouth Dakota: yesSDIowa: yesIAIndiana: yesINOhio: yesOHPennsylvania: yesPANew Jersey: yesNJConnecticut: yesCTCalifornia: yesCAUtah: yesUTColorado: yesCONebraska: yesNEMissouri: yesMOKentucky: yesKYWest Virginia: yesWVVirginia: yesVAMaryland: yesMDDelaware: yesDEArizona: yesAZNew Mexico: yesNMKansas: yesKSArkansas: yesARTennessee: yesTNNorth Carolina: yesNCSouth Carolina: yesSCDistrict of Columbia: yesDCOklahoma: yesOKLouisiana: yesLAMississippi: yesMSAlabama: yesALGeorgia: yesGAHawaii: yesHITexas: yesTXFlorida: yesFL

FDA distribution: “Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of AUSTRALIA, CANADA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.

Recall timeline

FDA published this recall 47 days after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Feb 2, 202412. FDA classified it Class II: Mar 14, 202423. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Mar 20, 202432024
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class II
  3. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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Where this comes from

The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.

  • Official source: FDA Recall #Z-1294-2024 (February 2, 2024) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-1294-2024 to see it in context.
  • Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 19, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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