Archives for January 2009

Stork Craft Recalls 500,000 Cribs for Risk of Entrapment and Suffocation

January 14, 2009 By The CPSC Leave a Comment

NAME OF RECALLED PRODUCT: STORK CRAFT BABY CRIBS UNITS: ABOUT 535,000 MANUFACTURER: STORK CRAFT MANUFACTURING INC., OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA HAZARD: THE METAL SUPPORT BRACKETS USED TO SUPPORT THE CRIB MATTRESS AND MATTRESS BOARD CAN CRACK AND BREAK. WHEN ONE OR MORE SUPPORT BRACKETS BREAK, THE MATTRESS CAN COLLAPSE AND CREATE A DANGEROUS GAP … [Read more...]

Domega International Ltd., Inc Issues An Alert On Undeclared Sulfites In Guangdayuan Brand Dried Sweet Potato

January 13, 2009 By The FDA Leave a Comment

CONTACT: JING HUA CHEN 646-938-7345 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- DECEMBER 31, 2008 -- DOMEGA INTERNATIONAL LTD., INC., OF 98 BAY 35TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11214 IS RECALLING &LDQUO;GUANGDAYUAN BRAND DRIED SWEET POTATO" BECAUSE IT CONTAINS UNDECLARED SULFITES. PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEVERE SENSITIVITY TO SULFITES RUN THE RISK OF SERIOUS OR LIFE-THREATENING … [Read more...]

Cafe Favorites Issues a Recall of Sandwiches because of Possible Health Risks

January 13, 2009 By The FDA Leave a Comment

CONTACT: CAF&EACUTE; FAVORITES 218-685-6500 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- JANUARY 10, 2009&MDASH;CAF&EACUTE; FAVORITES HAS INITIATED A RECALL OF THEIR WHOLE GRAIN 5" SUPER SUB WITH DAYCODE STARTING WITH 08343XXX BECAUSE IT MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITH LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, AN ORGANISM WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG … [Read more...]

Rashti & Rashti Expands Recall of Infant Garments Due to Choking Hazard

January 13, 2009 By The CPSC Leave a Comment

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: TAGGIES™ SLEEP'N PLAY INFANT GARMENTS UNITS: ABOUT 16,000 (AN … [Read more...]

Salmonella Outbreak Solved? King Nut Peanut Butter Recalled

January 12, 2009 By The FDA 15 Comments

Update: Several other brands that purchased peanut butter ingredients from the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) have issued similar recalls. More about the peanut butter recall here. The cause of a recent nation-wide salmonella outbreak may have been solved after King Nut, an Ohio-based peanut butter distributor, found salmonella bacteria in an … [Read more...]