What Is FDA Product Code JQW?
Station, Pipetting And Diluting, For Clinical Use is FDA product code JQW, Class 1, 21 CFR 862.2750.
What Does It Take to Sell It in the United States?
It is exempt from premarket notification: the manufacturer registers its establishment and lists the device, and no 510(k) is needed before it is sold in the United States.
What Has Gone Wrong With It?
The FDA has recorded 36 recalls under this product code since 2003. None was by a company in China. The root causes the FDA records most often are Device Design (5), Nonconforming Material/Component (3) and Software design (2).
A recall is a fact about one product and its maker, not a grade for every manufacturer of the type.