Category Archives: Recall

McDonald’s pulls 12M cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses

By doris | Published: June 4, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – McDonald’s is recalling 12 million drinking glasses it is selling to promote the new “Shrek” movie because painted designs on the cheap collectibles contain the toxic metal cadmium. The fast food chain said early Friday that it wants customers to stop using the 16-ounce glasses, which have been [...]

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Step2 recalls 2.5 million ride-on toys

By doris | Published: May 13, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Step2 Co. is recalling 2.5 million Push Around and Whisper Ride model ride-on toys because they pose a serious injury risk to young children, a government agency said Wednesday. Step2 disclosed 28 reports of the buggy’s handle detaching, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in [...]

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Restaurants assure customers lettuce is safe amid recall

By doris | Published: May 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A multistate romaine lettuce recall because of fear of contamination with a potentially deadly bacteria has restaurants east of the Mississippi River scrambling to assure customers that their salad is safe.

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Children’s Tylenol recall: FDA slams factory conditions

By doris | Published: May 5, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A scathing report released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration slammed conditions at the factory that produced the children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl and other over-the-counter drugs that were recalled over the weekend. The 17-page FDA inspection report conducted in late April detailed quality and security lapses [...]

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Children’s cold, allergy medicine recalled

By doris | Published: May 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A voluntary recall has been issued for more than 40 over-the-counter drugs for children, including Tylenol and Motrin, because they don’t meet quality standards. “This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events,” McNeil Consumer Healthcare said in a statement Friday. “However, as a precautionary [...]

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Toyota adds 1 million vehicles to recall

By doris | Published: January 28, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com New York (CNNMoney.com) — Toyota announced Wednesday night that it is adding another 1.1 million vehicles to an an earlier 4.2 million vehicle recall originally announced in November. The vehicles are being recalled to fix a problem in which the gas pedal can become caught on the edge of the removable [...]

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635,000 cribs recalled for risk to infants

By doris | Published: January 21, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — About 635,000 cribs sold at major discounters nationwide have been recalled by Dorel Asia SRL for strangulation and suffocation hazards that killed one child and injured 10 others, the government said Tuesday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the hardware holding up the side of [...]

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Tylenol recall: FDA slams company

By doris | Published: January 16, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The maker of several over-the-counter drugs, including Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl, announced a broad-based recall of these and other drugs Friday after receiving complaints of an “unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like” odor. The recall drew the FDA’s wrath on Johnson and Johnson (JNJ, Fortune 500) for not [...]

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Oklahoma firm recalls beef in 6 states

By doris | Published: December 28, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — A beef recall is under way in a half-dozen states involving possibly contaminated products from the Oklahoma company National Steak and Poultry, according to the firm and federal inspectors. U.S. Agriculture Department officials said a cluster of illnesses involving the E. coli bacteria was reported in Colorado, Iowa, [...]

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Vicks Dayquil recalled because packaging isn’t child-proof

By doris | Published: December 21, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — About 700,000 units of Vicks Dayquil cold medicine were recalled Friday after a finding that the packaging was not child-proof, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall affects Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu 24-Count Bonus Pack Liquicaps with the UPC no. 3 23900 01087 1, according [...]

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Slim-Fast launches recall of 10 million cans

By doris | Published: December 6, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The maker of Slim-Fast announced a recall of its canned, ready-to-drink products due to possible bacterial contamination. Unilever, the company which also makes products like Skippy peanut butter and Ragu pasta sauce, said the weight-loss drink may be tainted by Bacillus cereus, which can cause diarrhea, nausea [...]

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Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria

By doris | Published: November 21, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com London, England (CNN) — Procter & Gamble is recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, the company said. Procter & Gamble said it announced the voluntary recall after finding the bacteria in a small amount of product made at a plant [...]

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Half a million pounds of beef recalled on E.coli fears

By doris | Published: November 2, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNN) — A voluntary recall was announced Monday for more than half a million pounds of ground beef because it may be contaminated with bacteria linked to at least two deaths, officials said. Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, said the recall was issued Saturday for approximately 545,699 pounds [...]

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Penumbra Recalls the Original Version of 6F Neuron 070 Delivery Catheter

By doris | Published: October 10, 2009

Full Story at usrecallnews.com Penumbra is initiating a voluntary Field Removal of the original version of Neuron 6F 070 Delivery Catheter. For these catheters, Penumbra has received feedback from some users that the catheter could kink or ovalize in certain anatomical situations. This kinking and/or ovalization of the catheter lumen can lead to difficulty in [...]

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New Jersey Firm Recalls Ground Beef: E. coli Contamination

By doris | Published: August 24, 2009

Full Story at usrecallnews.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2009 – Pasha Halal Poultry, doing business as Marcacci Meats, a Vineland, N.J., establishment, is recalling approximately 128 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to [...]

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Honda Expands Recall on 2001-’02 Accord, 2001 Civic and 2002-’03 Acura TL

By doris | Published: August 5, 2009

Full Story at edmunds.com TORRANCE, California — Honda has announced that it is expanding an existing vehicle recall to include 440,000 vehicles to replace a defective driver’s steering-wheel-mounted airbag inflator. The recall includes 2001-’02 Honda Accords, 2001 Honda Civics and 2002-’03 Acura TLs. “In some vehicles, airbag inflators can produce overpressurization of the driver’s airbag [...]

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Little Tikes Clubhouse Swing Sets Recalled Due to Fall Hazard

By doris | Published: August 2, 2009

Full Story at usrecallnews.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRM NAMED BELOW, TODAY ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONSUMER PRODUCT. CONSUMERS SHOULD STOP USING RECALLED PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED. NAME OF PRODUCT: LITTLE TIKES CLUBHOUSE SWING SET UNITS: ABOUT 1,950 MANUFACTURER: LITTLE TIKES, OF [...]

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FDA sources: Proof of E. coli bacteria found at Nestle plant

By doris | Published: July 1, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Researchers were testing the bacteria to determine if it bears the same genetic fingerprint as the E. coli linked to an outbreak of illness that has affected at least 69 people in 29 states. The tainted sample was manufactured last February 10 at the Nestle Plant in Danville, said the sources, [...]

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Beef recall expanded with 18 possibly sickened

By doris | Published: June 29, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com CHICAGO – A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the company and the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday. Greeley, Colorado-based JBS-Swift Beef Co is voluntarily expanding its [...]

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Toll House cookie dough recalled, linked to E. coli

By doris | Published: June 22, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com The company said it is recalling an estimated 300,000 cases of the dough as a precaution after reports of food-borne illness in 28 states. There are concerns that the premade dough may be contaminated with the bacterium E. coli 0157:H7, which causes abdominal cramping, vomiting and diarrhea, the Food and Drug [...]

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