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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

Vitalant Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced

Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced had platelet yield that did not meet specifications.

Recall ended Jun 24, 2026. Still check yours.

What happened

Vitalant recalled Apheresis Platelets, Leukocytes Reduced because platelet yield did not meet specifications. The recall began May 28, 2025, and was classified by the FDA on June 24, 2026. The product was distributed in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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
Vitalant
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
99050
Recall number
B-0087-2026

All recalls from Vitalant

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

  5. Archived

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 24, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)