Outside the US Recall (in the EU) on a CE Marked Product - File it in the USA?

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deuce64

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I'm working with a firm that is considering a recall outside the USA (in the EU) on a CE marked product. The product also has 510k clearance and is listed in their device listing...but not currently for sale in the USA. I know that they must file an MDR related to the related incident (thereby acknowledging the remedial action), but is a 'paper' recall required to be issued in the USA as a formality or is the MDR sufficient? Can't find any specific requirements around this.
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Gert Sorensen

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In Europe we are required to inform the FDA of recalls of products that are marketed (or equivalent to products that we market in the US) even though the recall is not concerning products that are in the US. Since your product has 510k clearance then I think your situation is similar, and that you are touching upon this part of the CFR:
Sec. 7.46 Firm-initiated recall.
(a) A firm may decide of its own volition and under any circumstances to remove or correct a distributed product. A firm that does so because it believes the product to be violative is requested to notify immediately the appropriate Food and Drug Administration district office listed in 5.115 of this chapter. Such removal or correction will be considered a recall only if the Food and Drug Administration regards the product as involving a violation that is subject to legal action, e.g., seizure. In such cases, the firm will be asked to provide the Food and Drug Administration the following information:

(1) Identity of the product involved.

(2) Reason for the removal or correction and the date and circumstances under which the product deficiency or possible deficiency was discovered.

(3) Evaluation of the risk associated with the deficiency or possible deficiency.

(4) Total amount of such products produced and/or the timespan of the production.

(5) Total amount of such products estimated to be in distribution channels.

(6) Distribution information, including the number of direct accounts and, where necessary, the identity of the direct accounts.

(7) A copy of the firm's recall communication if any has issued, or a proposed communication if none has issued.

(8) Proposed strategy for conducting the recall.

(9) Name and telephone number of the firm official who should be contacted concerning the recall.

(b) The Food and Drug Administration will review the information submitted, advise the firm of the assigned recall classification, recommend any appropriate changes in the firm's strategy for the recall, and advise the firm that its recall will be placed in the weekly FDA Enforcement Report. Pending this review, the firm need not delay initiation of its product removal or correction.

(c) A firm may decide to recall a product when informed by the Food and Drug Administration that the agency has determined that the product in question violates the law, but the agency has not specifically requested a recall. The firm's action also is considered a firm-initiated recall and is subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

(d) A firm that initiates a removal or correction of its product which the firm believes is a market withdrawal should consult with the appropriate Food and Drug Administration district office when the reason for the removal or correction is not obvious or clearly understood but where it is apparent, e.g., because of complaints or adverse reactions regarding the product, that the product is deficient in some respect. In such cases, the Food and Drug Administration will assist the firm in determining the exact nature of the problem.
 
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MIREGMGR

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Per Gert's helpful and comprehensive post, with which I agree, the practical course of action for you to get a direct answer quickly is to call up your USFDA District office and ask to speak to the Recall Coordinator. Every District has one. If you submitted the paperwork that the rules call for, that's the person that would act on it. Calling that person up is much faster.
 
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