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E.D. Bullard Requests Recission of NIOSH Approval for Respirators

Post Date: 04/27/2023

NIOSH has honored a request by E.D. Bullard Company to voluntarily rescind 24 NIOSH respirator approvals issued to E.D. Bullard Company. As of April 21, 2023, any respirator marked with a NIOSH approval label with the following approval numbers are no longer NIOSH approved and may not be used, manufactured, assembled, sold, or distributed: 19C-0540, 19C-0541, 19C-0542, 19C-0543, 19C-0547, 19C-0548, 19C-0549, 19C-0550, 19C-0553, 19C-0554, 19C-0555, 19C-0556, 19C-0559, 19C-0560, 19C-0561, 19C-0562, 19C-0565, 19C-0566, 19C-0567, 19C-0568, 19C-0571, 19C-0572, 19C-0573, 19C-0574. Read the NIOSH announcement.