Thousands of COVID tests recalled over bacteria risk, FDA warnsU.S.
Thousands of COVID tests recalled over bacteria risk, FDA warns
By Alexander Tin
May 5, 2023 / 9:26 AM / CBS News
More than a half million home COVID-19 tests from Roche and SD Biosensor should be thrown out immediately, the Food and Drug Administration is warning, citing "significant concerns" over bacteria that could infect users of the tests.
The FDA says the recalled "Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests" can be identified by lot numbers listed on this page. 500,000 were distributed to CVS and 16,000 to Amazon.
None of the potentially contaminated kits were distributed through the federal government's testing programs like COVID.gov/tests, the FDA says.
"SD Biosensor Inc., the manufacturer of the Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Test, informed Roche that this issue was identified during routine quality assurance testing. Potentially harmful bacteria were found in the liquid buffer solution," Roche said in a statement............
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