This recall involves the Toulouse-LapTrec magnetic sketchboard, which has a white plastic writing surface bordered by either a red or brown plastic frame, and has a bean bag type backing. The sketch board has four animal shapes across the top – a rabbit, dog, cat and duck. The multicolored magnetic pen is affixed to the […]
Release #11–345 Anchor for Safety: TV and Furniture Tip-Over-Related Deaths and Injuries Not Slowing Down A child is killed once every two weeks, tens of thousands are injured every year In March of this year, an 11 month old died while watching TV with his dad and his 2-year-old sibling. The baby’s brother bumped into the […]
Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for spinach dip because it may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. The problem was discovered as a result of routine microbial testing conducted by Publix. The 16 ounce containers of prepackaged spinach dip were sold at Publix retail deli departments with a UPC of 41415–00062 and use […]
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef that might be contaminated with E. coli. For the U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement click here. The products being recalled include Kroger-brand ground beef; Butcher’s Brand beef and generic label beef, which were all produced Aug. 23. The Kroger beef was distributed in Tennessee and Indiana; […]
Actos has been used to treat Type 2 diabetes since 2000 and is sometimes prescribed in conjunction with other active ingredients such as insulin, metformin, or glimepiride. It is designed to lower blood glucose levels and thereby increase the patient’s sensitivity to insulin. More than 2.3 million prescriptions for the drug were issued in […]
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, based in Huntsville, Ala., recalled select blister packs of oral contraceptives had been rotated 180 degrees, “reversing the weekly tablet orientation.” The error could lead to unintended pregnancy, the release said. Eight products were included in the recall. All eight products are sold as 28-day packs, which include 21 active pills, and seven […]
Cargill Value Added Meats Retail announced an immediate Class I voluntary recall of approximately 85-percent-lean fresh ground turkey products produced at the company’s Springdale, Ark., facility on Aug. 23, 24, 30 and 31, 2011, due to possible contamination from Salmonella Heidelberg. Download the full 09/11/2011 Turkey recall product list (pdf) On Aug. 3, Cargill recalled […]
Medtronic’s SynchroMed II implantable painkiller pump has been recalled. This is the second class 1 recall this year due to reports of defective batteries. Medtronic’s urgent update last month became a second class I recall for its SynchroMed II implantable drug infusion pumps because of reports that the devices may have defective batteries that […]
After the spate of Toyota recalls for product safety defects, the Congress requested that the Government Accounting Office (GAO) perform an analysis of the effectiveness of vehicle defect recalls. In June 2011, the GAO issued its report (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11603.pdf) which makes key findings and recommendations. Among those is this important point: Under federal law, the National […]
Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is recalling 8,088 individual retail packages of 4 oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon are being voluntarily recalled due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and […]