Defective & Dangerous Products

• Preoperative Skin Preparation Recalled

  Susy Owen | July 03, 2008 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Sage Products Inc. has announced a product recall. The product in question is a pre-surgical cloth known as a chlorhexidine gluconate cloth. The recalled product has tested positive for...

• Cribs - Largest Product in U.S. History is Underway

  Susy Owen | June 28, 2008 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores and affiliates nationwide sold cribs that are now part of the largest recall in U.S. history. The cribs were sold for more than six years, from 2002 until May...

• Lawsuit Raises Questions About Activis Totowa, LLC and Digitek

  Susy Owen | June 18, 2008 7:42 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Questions have been raised in a class action suit about Actavis Totowa, LLC and their product, Digitek. The tablets were recalled after they went on the market with twice the active ingredient that...

• Failure to Follow FDA Rules Prompts Recall

  Susy Owen | May 17, 2008 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave orders to Hope Foods to shut down and recall all of their products that were made in their Texas location since 2007. Hope Foods makes smoked...

• Malt-O-Meal Recalls Products

  Susy Owen | April 18, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The Malt-O-Meal company is concerned that two of their products, specifically, its unsweetened Puffed Rice and unsweetened Puffed Wheat Cereals produced with "Best If Used By" codes between April 8,...

• Don't Eat the Sushi

  Susy Owen | January 25, 2008 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Bad new for sushi lovers. Recent laboratory studies conducted on the sushi tuna in 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants have found mercury levels that exceed the acceptable levels of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."No one should eat a meal of tuna with mercury levels like those found in the restaurant samples more than about once every three weeks," said Dr. Michael Gochfeld, professor...

• Kraft Recalls White Choclate

  Susy Owen | October 13, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Kraft Foods has recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. The recall is specific to the following four best-when-used-by dates:31 MAR 2008 XCZ 01 APR 2008 XCZ 02 APR 2008 XCZ 03 APR 2008 XCZ It is feared that the product may contain Salmonella. Salmonella is dangerous. It can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. The...

• Beans May be Contaminated with Botulism

  Susy Owen | August 10, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Another warning from the FDA - don't eat the beans- not the French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin brand anyway. It appears that there is concern that there may be botulism present. As many are aware, botulism is extremely potent and is defiantly life-threatening. "The symptoms may include double vision, blurred vision, drooping...

• Food-poisoning Reports Triple -Traced to Taste Booth

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  On Thursday, Health Department officials received reports from as many as 126 people who were complaining of illness. By Friday the reports had tripled, and 12 people had to be hospitalized, one as young as 18 months. The reports were coming from people who had eaten at Pars Cove booth at Taste of Chicago. According to officials, there are 32 confirmed illnesses from salmonella heidelberg....

• Pet Owners Blog on Pet Food Recall Issues

  Susy Owen | June 06, 2007 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  As soon as Menu Foods began their massive recall of contaminated pet food on March 16, a popular website for animal lovers - www.petconnection.com - began providing information to alert people as to what was going on and providing them with information they would need. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 56% of U.S. households are pet owners. I believe it is safe to say,...