Texas Forensic Science Commission
Forensic Science Commission QIAGEN Issue Bulletin
In 2024, the vendor QIAGEN received feedback from a small number of customers regarding unexpectedly low DNA yields when using certain lots of their manufactured Cat. No. 952034 EZ1&2 DNA Investigator Kits (the “Kit”). In March 2025, the Commission received a self-disclosure reporting the issue identified by a Texas laboratory.
At the Commission's April 11, 2025 quarterly meeting, commissioner Erika Ziemak (Center for Human Identification) and the Texas Association of Crime Laboratory Directors President, Peter Stout (Houston Forensic Science Center), addressed the Commission to describe manufacturing issues identified by forensic DNA laboratories in Texas and nationally regarding QIAGEN's EZ1 and EZ2 investigator kits.
Following are the slides from the presentation:
Following is the notice sent from QIAGEN to its clients: