FDA announces firm distributing Chinese-made plastic syringes in the U.S. initiates recall

The Food and Drug Administration May 23 announced that Medline Industries, a firm marketing and distributing Chinese-manufactured plastic syringes within the U.S., initiated a recall to stop using affected products, including unauthorized plastic syringes made in China. On Tuesday, Chinese manufacturer Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production Co. initiated a recall to stop using its unauthorized syringes. The FDA last week recommended users immediately transition away from plastic syringes made by Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production Co., along with those made by Jiangsu Caina Medical Co., Zhejiang Longde Pharmaceutical Co. and Shanghai Kindly Enterprise Development Group Co.