Category Archives: Recall

Cheese recalled due to possible contamination

By doris | Published: January 5, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WESTBY, Wis. — Bekkum Family Farms LLC of Westby, Wis., is recalling shredded cheese due to a possible bacterial contamination. The state agriculture department said Wednesday the cheese is labeled “Grumpy Goat Shreds” under the Nordic Creamery brand name.

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Ford recalls 129,000 sedans; wheels may fall off

By doris | Published: December 9, 2011

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co has recalled nearly 129,000 of its Mercury Milan and top-selling Ford Fusion in the United States because their 17-inch steel wheels may fall off, U.S. safety regulators said on Friday. In some vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011, the wheel studs may fracture and make [...]

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7 tons of ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli

By doris | Published: March 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Kansas company has recalled more than 14,000 pounds of ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination, federal authorities have announced. The recalled meat, sold in large packages and distributed in numerous states, comes from Creekstone Farms Premium Beef of Arkansas City, Kansas. Some 14,158 pounds of beef, [...]

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Johnson & Johnson recalls 45 million more products

By doris | Published: January 14, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division announced a recall of certain Tylenol brand products Friday after a review of cleaning procedures at a plant in Fort Washington, Pa. Conducted in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, the recall covers certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis [...]

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Company recalls ground beef over E. coli fears

By doris | Published: December 31, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A California company has recalled 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef over fears of E. coli contamination. First Class Foods Inc. of Hawthorne said recalled packages were produced on December 7 and December 16. They have “EST. 18895″ printed on them, federal officials said. Products were shipped to California, [...]

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CDC: Salmonella outbreak spreads to 16 states

By doris | Published: December 29, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ATLANTA — An outbreak of salmonella that was tied to tainted alfalfa sprouts has grown to at least 94 cases in 16 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said the case count had risen from 89 cases in 15 states in the past week, with California [...]

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GM recalling 98,000 new small SUVs

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday it is recalling nearly 98,000 Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX 2011 models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, [...]

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72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad recalled

By doris | Published: December 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The discovery of hard plastic inside packages prompted a nationwide recall of 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad, one of several recalls involving poultry and meat products issued through U.S. food safety authorities in recent days. The Suter Company is recalling 8.2-ounce packages of the “Bumble Bee Lunch on [...]

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AP IMPACT: Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

By doris | Published: November 22, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz” exceed federal limits for lead in children’s products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned by The Associated Press. The decorative enamel on [...]

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Nissan recalling more than 600,000 vehicles

By doris | Published: November 12, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — Nissan Motor Co. is recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in North and South America and Africa due to steering or battery cable problems. The Japanese automaker said Thursday that the steering recall affects 303,000 Frontier pickup trucks and 283,000 Xterra sport utility vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina, [...]

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Nissan recalls 2 million cars worldwide

By doris | Published: October 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Nissan said Thursday it is recalling 2.14 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and Asia for an ignition problem that may stall engines. No accidents have been reported that are suspected of being related to the defect, according to Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. A problem was found in an ignition-system [...]

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Toyota recalls 1.53 million vehicles worldwide

By doris | Published: October 21, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.msn.com TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems. The world’s biggest auto-maker will call back about 740,000 cars in the U.S. for repairs and 599,000 in Japan. The remainder are [...]

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Fisher-Price recalls millions of toys

By doris | Published: October 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — Toy manufacturer Fisher-Price announced Thursday that it has recalled about 10 million toys because they were dangerous to children. The toy maker said it has recalled about 2.8 million of several types of baby play areas with inflatable balls because of problems with choking. It also recalled 125,000 of [...]

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Parents left frustrated by Similac recall

By doris | Published: September 24, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Abbott Laboratories created a website for parents and caregivers to check if their baby formula was affected by Wednesday’s Similac recall. A convenient way to help consumers — if the website would actually work for them. Families possibly affected by the recall swamped the company’s website and [...]

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Pet product company recalls nearly 75,000 bags of dog treats

By doris | Published: September 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A leading pet product company has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 75,000 bags of dog treats due to salmonella concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The move by Hartz Mountain Corp. came after random sample testing by the FDA indicated the presence of salmonella organisms [...]

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J&J unit recalls 93,000 hip implant systems

By doris | Published: August 27, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Johnson and Johnson unit DePuy Orthopaedics, already in hot water with government regulators, issued a global recall Thursday of two hip aid systems after finding that more people than expected suffered pain which required additional surgery. DePuy, which has sold about 93,000 units of its ASR XL [...]

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Nationwide meat recall announced

By doris | Published: August 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The products were distributed to Wal-Marts nationwide, according to the USDA’s website. The meats may [...]

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Half a billion eggs have been recalled

By doris | Published: August 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The number of eggs recalled in a nationwide salmonella scare has grown to more than half a billion. Iowa egg producer Hillandale Farms of Iowa is voluntarily recalling some 170.4 million eggs distributed to stores and companies that service, or are located in, 14 states, a spokeswoman at the [...]

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380 million eggs recalled in salmonella outbreak

By doris | Published: August 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with state health departments to investigate the illnesses. [...]

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Campbell Soup recalls 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Campbell Soup Co. is recalling nearly 15 million pounds of canned SpaghettiOs with meatballs because of possible under-processing, the U.S. agriculture department said. The recall includes 14.75-ounce cans with a use-by date between June 2010 and December 2011 of three varieties of the product: “SpaghettiOs with Meatballs,” “SpaghettiOs A [...]

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