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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced

Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced did not meet platelet yield specifications and was distributed.

Recall ended Sep 25, 2026. Still check yours.

What happened

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc. recalled one unit of Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced because the platelet yield did not meet specifications, and the product was distributed in Florida. The company began the recall on May 17, 2025, and the FDA added it to the Enforcement Report on September 25, 2026.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for medicine recalls:

  1. Check the FDA or company notice for instructions specific to this product.
  2. Ask your pharmacist or doctor whether your lot is affected and what to do.

Is yours affected?

Compare these details with yours, then check the recall notice to see which units are recalled.

  1. Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced

Recall details

Company began the recall
Company
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc
Risk

Moderate risk

Taking it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
99164
Recall number
B-0214-2026
Quantity recalled
1 unit

All recalls from LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA · Recall ended

  3. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  4. Listed on Recall Canary

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 23, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)