Lower riskMedical device recall · FDA · Published October 19, 2023
Meridian Bioscience Clean Stool Transport System Recall: Leakage Risk
Meridian Bioscience recalls certain clean stool transportation systems due to a manufacturing defect that may cause leakage. This affects specific catalog numbers and lot numbers.
“Meridian Bioscience Clean Stool Transport System Recall: Leakage Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/57035-meridian-bioscience-clean-stool-transport-system-recall-leakage-risk. Based on FDA recall #Z-0521-2024 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0521-2024%22&limit=1).
Meridian Bioscience Inc recalled the Cardinal Health Clean Stool Transportation System due to a manufacturing defect causing Para-Pak vial leakage risk, according to the FDA on Oct. 19, 2023.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Meridian Bioscience
Product: Cardinal Health Clean Stool Transportation System
Catalog Number: CHB900312
UDI-DI: 50885380144859*
Lot Numbers: 510020Q
Expiration Date: 09/15/2030
The hazard
Due to a manufacturing defect, certain Para-Pak vials may be at risk for leakage.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Meridian Bioscience Inc has 8 other recalls on record since Dec. 17, 2018. Other recent recalls of similar products include Leaky Gut Test Product Recall (Nov. 3, 2025), Milestone Vacuum Bag SU Large Specimen Container Recall (March 9, 2026) and Boston Scientific Intracept Access Instruments Recall (April 22, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the catalog number CHB900312 and lot number 510020Q on the vial packaging. The product was sold from 2023 to 2030 with an expiration date of September 15, 2030.
Brand
Meridian Bioscience
Category
Medical device
FDA recall event · 3 products
All 3 products in this recall
FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Distribution
Nationwide Foreign: Italy
Recall number
Product, codes & lots
Quantity
Z-0519-2024
Para-Pak Clean Vial-For the collection, transportation, preservation, and examination of stool specimens containing intestinal parasites Catalog Number: 900312; UDI-DI: 00840733101892 Lot Numbers: 509940Q Expiration Date: 09/12/2030
571 Cases
Z-0520-2024
Para-Pak Zn-PVA/10% Formalin-for the routine collection, transportation, preservation, and examination of stool specimens for intestinal parasites Catalog Number: 301012; UDI-DI: 00840733101250 Lot Numbers: 509130Q Expiration Date: 08/11/2025
201 Cases
Z-0521-2024
Cardinal Health Clean Stool Transportation System-For the collection, transportation, preservation, and examination of stool specimens containing intestinal parasites Catalog Number: CHB900312; UDI-DI: 50885380144859* *The UDI information for this product is maintained by Cardinal Health. Lot Numbers: 510020Q Expiration Date: 09/15/2030
38 Cases
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Product Details
Look for the catalog number CHB900312 and lot number 510020Q on the vial packaging.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.
Nationwide
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Nationwide Foreign: Italy” 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 2 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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-0521-2024 (October 19, 2023) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0521-2024 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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