TABLE III

Cutibacterium acnes Associated Form 483s

Date 483 IssuedFirm/Type of ManufacturingDescription
10/26/2000BioPort Corp./Vaccine/blood productsCutibacterium acnes recovered in anthrax vaccine sterility test
10/26/2012Apotex Inc./Sterile ophthalmic and unsterile drug productsCutibacterium acnes recovered in unsterile filling line lubricant
06/20/2012Asept Pak Inc./Medical device and drug productsCutibacterium acnes recovered in sterile filling sodium chloride for inhalation
04/09/2014ID Biomedical Corp of Quebec d/b/a GSK/VaccinesSterility tests fail due to contamination with Cutibacterium acnes. Inadequate controls preventing personnel contamination of sterility test samples; Cutibacterium acnes from personnel handling was identified
04/10/2015Sigma-Tau Pharmasource, Inc./Sterile drug productsInadequate assurance that the environmental monitoring program (D/E neutralizing agar, TSA, aerobic incubation) recovers Cutibacterium acnes previously isolated during baseline studies using CDC media
09/17/2015Qualgen LLC./Out sourcing facilityCutibacterium acnes recovered in vaccine sterility test
07/19/2017CSL Behring, LLC./Biological drug productsCutibacterium acnes recovered in turbid process simulation vials
Failure to thoroughly evaluate if Cutibacterium acnes could be detected in the environment
Failure to demonstrate that Cutibacterium acnes can be recovered in personnel and surface monitoring media