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      "city": "Bridgend",
      "state": "N/A",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "event_id": "81682",
      "recalling_firm": "ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS",
      "address_1": "Felindre Meadows",
      "address_2": "N/A",
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      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
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      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide domestic distribution. International distribution to Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, India, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, and United Kingdom.",
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      "product_quantity": "3725 units (100 tests/unit)",
      "reason_for_recall": "The firm is extending their previous July 2018 recall to include additional product codes. Biased results may occur for these additional products at biotin concentrations which are lower than indicated in the current Instructions for Use.",
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