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# Needle Destruction Device Down Classified
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/needle-destruction-device-down-classified/
- Published: 2018-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T00:02:51.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5141366

*Federal Register* notice: FDA has issued a final order to reclassify the needle destruction device into Class 2 (special controls)and subject to premarket notification. The device has been renamed “sharps needle destruction device.” To view the notice, click [here](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-04/pdf/2018-09434.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).