The Consumer Reports issued an article mentioning that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that consumers could experience problems with air bags that may have been installed in vehicles that suffered damage and that were given replacement safety features. The federal agency has been concerned with this issue since a Chinese businessman was arrested for importing fraudulent air bag systems into the country. Reports show that investigators inside the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have tested the counterfeit air (read more)
Read MoreHorseback riders should be alert about recall announcements too. According to a series of news articles recently published across the nation, several units of riding supplies have been recalled over injury hazards. In light of recent reports of injuries, the company English Riding Supply Inc., of Scranton, Pa. has stated that 3,400 units of Happy Mouth Wire Mouth Bits are being recalled. These items should be refrained from being used with bridle in horseback riding because the mouthpiece that is (read more)
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Aug
2011
Suspected Tampering Causes Drug Recall
The pharmaceutical manufacturer of Nurofen Plus, a company based in the United Kingdom, has halted all production of their product, after five different instances of tampering were reported, according to news sources. In London, four different consumers reported finding the antipsychotic Seroqul XL 50 mg tablets in Nurofen Plus packaging. In Northern Ireland, one consumer found Neurontin, a medication used by epileptics. Both drugs require prescriptions. The Medicine and Heathcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a Class 1 recall for (read more)
Read MoreIn a press release, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert for life-threatening injury that the ShoulderFlex therapeutic massager, produced by King International LLC, could potentially cause after the product killed one person and nearly asphyxiated another. The report asks that healthcare providers stop recommending the device to their patients and urges people that have purchased the personal massage device to dispose of it in separate pieces, in different places, so that no one can reassemble and (read more)
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Aug
2011
Banned Asian Honey Overruns US Food Market
Media outlets reported that more than a third of the honey consumed in the US was likely smuggled from China and is potentially contaminated with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. Studies show that millions of pounds of honey that was deemed unsafe in dozens of European countries are now being imported to the US and sold in record amounts. Experts said that some of the largest US honey packers knowingly buy mislabeled, transshipped or potentially altered honey so they can (read more)
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Aug
2011
Target Recalls Step Stools Due to Fall Hazard
In a press release, retail giant Target Corp, in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced the recall of 206,000 step stools. According to the statement, the stools are being recalled because the wooden pieces of furniture can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user and pose a fall hazard. The stools were sold under the Circo and Co Your Room (DYR) brand names, have two steps and come in multiple colors like natural, natural (read more)
Read MoreMedia outlets have reported that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has fined Macy’s Inc a civil penalty of $750,000 to resolve allegations that the company knowingly failed to report the sale of children’s outerwear with drawstrings. The agency alleged that the department store chain knowingly failed to report that it sold children’s sweatshirts, sweater and jackets with drawstrings at the neck. These garments with drawstrings pose a significant strangulation hazard to children that can result in serious injury (read more)
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Jun
2011
CIIA Concerned About Re-Chromed Wheels
In a press release, the Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) issued a warning to collision repair facilities about the inherent dangers in using re-chromed OEM wheels. Four years ago, the danger of installing aftermarket chrome on OEM wheels became clear when a motorist had his left front wheel fracture and separate from his car. The wheel then flew over the center divider, striking an LAPD motorcycle officer and knocking him from his motorcycle. The officer slid approximately 120 feet, suffering (read more)
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Feb
2011
Fish Recalled for Botulinum Spores
Pacific American Fish Co., Inc. based in Vernon is recalling imported frozen fish due to a possible contamination of Clostridium botulinum.
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Jan
2011
LED Lamps May Overheat and Cause Fires
Around 42,000 LED Lamps manufactured in China are being recalled for overheating and fire hazards when they are used without a Class II transformer.
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