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      "city": "Franklin Lakes",
      "state": "NJ",
      "country": "United States",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "product_type": "Devices",
      "event_id": "76826",
      "recalling_firm": "Becton Dickinson & Company",
      "address_1": "1 Becton Dr",
      "address_2": "N/A",
      "postal_code": "07417-1815",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
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      "recall_number": "Z-1746-2017",
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      "product_quantity": "13,064,500 tubes (non-expired)",
      "reason_for_recall": "BD is initiating this product correction of multiple lots of BD Vacutainer Buffered Sodium Citrate: (9NC) Blood Collection Tube (13x75 mm x 4.5 mL). A limited number of tubes in these lots may exhibit stopper pullout from the tube as the user removes the needle from the stopper following specimen collection.",
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