Ethicon recalls

Ethicon has 76 recalls on record with the FDA and USDA, the earliest in 2012 and the latest reported on 1 Oct 2025. 23 are still ongoing. 1 was reported in the last 12 months. The most frequent reason is sterility.

Total recalls76since 2012

Last 12 months1reported

Class I23% of total

Ongoing23latest 1 Oct 2025

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Oct '24 2 0 0Jan '25 3 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0 1Oct 0 0 0Jan '26 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0

Severity split

Class I 2 3%Class II 74 97%Class III 0 0%

Why ethicon is recalled

Product types

By year

202545%
20241013%
202334%
202245%
202111%
202079%
2019811%
20182837%
201634%
201511%

Ongoing ethicon recalls

23 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
1 Oct 2025Device	CLASS II	Stratafix Spiral PDS Plus Bidirectional Knotless Tissue recalled	Ethicon	Other	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Perma-hand Silk Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Ethibond Excel Polyester Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Prolene Polypropylene Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
27 Nov 2024Device	CLASS II	Monocryl" (poliglecaprone Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Packaging Defects	45 states
13 Nov 2024Device	CLASS II	Coated Vicryl Polyglactin 910 Suture VIO USP0(M3.5) S/A CT recalled	Ethicon	Potency & Assay	Nationwide

All ethicon recalls, newest first

76 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
1 Oct 2025Device	CLASS II	Stratafix Spiral PDS Plus Bidirectional Knotless Tissue recalled	Ethicon	Other	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Perma-hand Silk Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Ethibond Excel Polyester Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
12 Feb 2025Device	CLASS II	Prolene Polypropylene Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
27 Nov 2024Device	CLASS II	Monocryl" (poliglecaprone Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Packaging Defects	45 states
13 Nov 2024Device	CLASS II	Coated Vicryl Polyglactin 910 Suture VIO USP0(M3.5) S/A CT recalled	Ethicon	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
26 Jun 2024Device	CLASS II	Monocryl Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Sterility	Nationwide
26 Jun 2024Device	CLASS II	Vicryl Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Sterility	Nationwide
26 Jun 2024Device	CLASS II	PDS II (polydioxanone) Suture - Intended for use recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Sterility	Nationwide
26 Jun 2024Device	CLASS II	Vicryl (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use recalled by Ethicon	Ethicon	Sterility	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.