Archives for 2007

Grout Sealer Sends Doctor to ER Two Years After Recall

October 8, 2007 By Lynn Fugaro Leave a Comment

A New Jersey physician who used the product Stand n' Seal to waterproof the tile floors of his hot tub room ended up in the emergency room and then intensive care for four days due to his lungs becoming chemically inflamed after using the product. Dr. Walter Friedel was the latest victim of a product whose dangers had become known months earlier to … [Read more...]

Scared White: Kraft recalls white chocolate

October 4, 2007 By Guest Author Leave a Comment

While we are becoming accustomed to all combinations of food and disease scares, here's one that seems a little odd:white chocolate and salmonella.However, that's just the combination that spurred Kraft to initiate a recall of its Baker's White Chocolate squares.The affected packages have UPC Code 0043000252200 and four best-when-used-by dates: 31 … [Read more...]

Target Recalls Rattles

October 2, 2007 By Lynn Fugaro Leave a Comment

Target has announced a recall of about 82,000 rattles with sports themes that were made in China due to a choking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Oct. 2, 2007. The toys are in the shapes of a baseball, a football and a basketball, and they can break open releasing the beads inside. The rattles were sold in … [Read more...]

Hamburger Patties Infected With E coli

September 28, 2007 By E. Sizemore Leave a Comment

Topps Meat Company of New Jersey has recalled about 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef products because they may be contaminated with a virulent strain of E. coli called 0157:H7.Read More About This Beef Recall HereList of Beef Products Recalled by Topps Meeat:Retail Products- 2-pound boxes of Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 8 Quarter … [Read more...]

Lead Continues to be a Concern in Imported Products

September 26, 2007 By Lynn Fugaro Leave a Comment

The United States government has recently seen an increase in the number of reports of toys containing toxic levels of lead paint; subsequently, many toys have been recalled due to lead paint. Now there are new concerns about products containing the toxic paint. New efforts by health and safety officials are looking at potential lead hazards in … [Read more...]