CONTACT: NATIONAL BRANDS INC. 1-866-238-5201 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- DECEMBER 19, 2008 – NATIONAL BRANDS INC., SPRING VALLEY NY IS INITIATING A NATIONWIDE RECALL OF ALL THEIR 4.76OZ (135GM) CANS AND 12.3OZ (350GM) CANS OF TOPAZ BRAND WAFER ROLLS BECAUSE IT MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITH MELAMINE. PRODUCT WAS DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE THROUGH RETAIL … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Bacon Bit Listeria Recall
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-001-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Peggy Riek WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2009 - Patrick Cudahy, a Cudahy, Wisc., firm, is recalling approximately 3,590 pounds of bacon bit products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's … [Read more...]
FDA Announces Class I Recall of Ophthalmic Surgical Device
THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A CLASS I RECALL OF LOT NO. UD30654 OF HEALON D, AN OPHTHALMIC VISCOSURGICAL DEVICE (OVD) MANUFACTURED BY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC. (AMO) OF SANTA ANA, CALIF. OVDS ARE VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS USED TO MAINTAIN SPACE IN THE EYE DURING SURGERY. TYPICALLY, OVDS ARE PRE-PACKAGED IN A SYRINGE AND ARE … [Read more...]
Lasko Products to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Defective Fans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT LASKO PRODUCTS INC., OF WEST CHESTER, PA., HAS AGREED TO PAY A $500,000 CIVIL PENALTY. THE PENALTY (PDF), WHICH HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION, SETTLES ALLEGATIONS THAT THE COMPANY FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT INCIDENTS ABOUT ITS DEFECTIVE … [Read more...]
OxyContin and the Opium Epidemic of the 21st Century
Beginning over two hundred years ago, the opium plant was credited with being implicated in destroying the Chinese dynasties that had ruled China for thousands of years prior to The Republic of China being created in 1912. With opium reaching China’s shores in increasing amounts, the Chinese Emperor, Ch'ien Chieh, has been attributed to the … [Read more...]
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