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      "status": "Terminated",
      "city": "Warsaw",
      "state": "IN",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "70240",
      "recalling_firm": "Zimmer, Inc.",
      "address_1": "1800 W Center St",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "46580-2304",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including DC, and PR and the countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.",
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      "product_quantity": "67963",
      "reason_for_recall": "Potential for delay in surgery and/or ball bearings to be left in the wound. Repeated cycles of sonic cleaning can break down the ball bearing retention feature (swage) on the shim. To prevent this, TASP shims must be manually cleaned and inspected per product insert, 87-6203-991-22.",
      "recall_initiation_date": "20141211",
      "center_classification_date": "20150204",
      "termination_date": "20151023",
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