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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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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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