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# National Safety Recall - Aug. 28
- URL: https://www.consumernews.ai/national-safety-recall-aug-28/
- Published: 2026-08-28T20:34:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-29T16:14:53.000Z
- Description: Saline solution may be contaminated, possibly causing embolism, organ damange or death.
- Author: The Editors

There is **one genuinely new national recall today**, involving B. Braun IV saline contaminated with particulate matter. There's also a significant Baxter saline recall posted August 26.

### B. Braun IV saline — particles could cause embolism, organ damage or death

**B. Braun Medical is recalling three lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP, 100 mL**, after particulate matter identified as **zinc oxide** was found in the product. FDA posted the nationwide recall on **August 28**. ([U.S. Food and Drug Administration](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/b-braun-medical-inc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-09-sodium-chloride-injection-usp-100-ml-150?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

The affected lots are **J6B435, J6B444 and J6B457**, expiration **April 30, 2027**. The saline was distributed nationwide to hospitals and health-care facilities from February 27 through August 3\. ([U.S. Food and Drug Administration](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/b-braun-medical-inc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-09-sodium-chloride-injection-usp-100-ml-150?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

FDA says intravenous infusion of particulate matter could cause **pulmonary embolism, blocked blood vessels, tissue death, organ damage, vein inflammation, immune-system reactions and hemolysis**. No serious injuries, deaths or other adverse events had been reported when the recall was announced. 

This is primarily a **hospital and clinical-care recall**, rather than something most consumers would have at home.

### 🚩 Baxter saline — possible fiberglass particles

Also worth noting: **Baxter recalled two lots of 500 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection on August 26** because the solution may contain **fiberglass particulate matter**. ([U.S. Food and Drug Administration](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/baxter-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-two-lots-09-sodium-chloride-injection-due-potential?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

Affected lots are **Y495523 and Y495523A**, expiration **October 31, 2027**. They were distributed to health-care providers and distributors in 14 states, including Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia. 

FDA says infused fiberglass particles could cause **blood-vessel blockage, pulmonary embolism, permanent organ damage or death**, as well as inflammation and allergic reactions. Baxter had received no related adverse-event reports as of August 25\. 

### Other agency checks

**CPSC:** We found no new August 28 consumer-product recall. The agency’s newest major actions remain yesterday’s August 27 batch, led by the expanded **3.6 million Cuisinart grill-brush recall** and the magnetic-building-block warning involving a child who required surgery. ([U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Conair-Expands-Recall-of-Cuisinart-Grill-Brushes-Due-to-Ingestion-Hazard-Over-3-6-Million-Brushes-Now-Recalled?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

**NHTSA:** We found no new urgent national vehicle-recall alert dated August 28.

**USDA FSIS:** We found no new meat, poultry or processed-egg recall or public-health alert dated August 28\. The latest recall surfaced in current official results remains the **August 17 Indus Foods pickled goat and chicken recall**. ([FSIS](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/indus-foods-llc-dba-gangothri-foods-recalls-ready-eat-pickled-goat-and-chicken?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

**FDA:** The B. Braun saline action is the newest posting on FDA’s recall list today. ([U.S. Food and Drug Administration](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com))

For a general consumer-news roundup, **today is fairly quiet**. The B. Braun action is medically serious but primarily institutional, so I would probably treat it as a brief unless you’re doing a broader piece on the recent cluster of contaminated IV-fluid recalls.