in mid-2007, the firm's discardit ii series of syringes numbered 0607186 was withdrawn from hospitals and other medical services around poland, about half a year after the discovery of remains of dark dust in some syringes, which were alleged to have been from this series. the newspaper dziennik online claimed that other series such as 06022444, 0603266, and 0607297 were also suspected of being contaminated. bd recalled and tested the syringes in question, and revealed sterile particulates in 0.013 percent of the products. legal proceedings related to the incident started in december 2006. according to an article published in dziennik on monday, 21 april 2008, the prosecutor's office in lublin discontinued the inquiry, because the disposable syringes were not dangerous.