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    "last_updated": "2026-04-22",
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      "status": "Terminated",
      "city": "Somerville",
      "state": "NJ",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "79086",
      "recalling_firm": "Ethicon, Inc.",
      "address_1": "Us Highway 22 West",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "08876",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
      "distribution_pattern": "Nationally",
      "recall_number": "Z-0693-2018",
      "product_description": "Coated VICRYL RAPIDETM (Polyglactin 910) Suture",
      "product_quantity": "129,372 Eaches (Internationally)",
      "reason_for_recall": "On August 17, 2017, Ethicon had decided to initiate a medical device recall  (removal) of the twenty-five (25) lots of VICRYL RAPIDETM (Polyglactin 910) Suture  that were distributed to the field. During finished goods testing, a suture damage was  identified on a lot of VICRYL RAPIDETM Suture. During the course of the subsequent  investigation, the suture also failed knot tensile strength testing.",
      "recall_initiation_date": "20170817",
      "center_classification_date": "20180223",
      "termination_date": "20190508",
      "report_date": "20180307",
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