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Nissan Recalls Murano SUV and Maxima with Intelligent Key
Nissan is recalling 80,000 vehicles in North America because of an ignition key defect.Nissan is is recalling about 70,000 Murano SUVs and 10,000 Maxima sedans in North America. Some of the rods connecting the ignition part with parts that start the engine in Nissan Muranos and Maximas are too long. As a result, sometimes the Nissans do not start … [Read more...]
Warning on Counterfeit One Touch Blood Glucose Test Strips
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public to the problems with using counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips. These products are used by people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose.The counterfeit test strips could potentially give an incorrect blood glucose value - either … [Read more...]
Carrot Juice Recalled for Botulism – FDA Recall Alert
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health warning on Bolthouse Farms Carrot Juice. Health officials have linked the carrot juice to at least four botulism cases.Botulism symptoms can include fatigue, problems speaking and breathing, and can lead to death in children, the elderly and those in poor health. Your are advised to return … [Read more...]
FDA Warns of E. Coli in Lettuce
Nation-Wide Alert for E. Coli-Lettuce LinkThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers not to consume romaine lettuce by Spokane Produce. This product has been associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in a cheerleading camp in Washington state in mid July. The FDA urges consumers to throw out all romaine lettuce by Spokane … [Read more...]
Fresh Express Romain Lettuce Recall for Listeria
This recall is from 2006. Were you looking for a more recent lettuce recall? Try this: Freshway Foods Recalls Products Containing Romaine Lettuce - May, 7 2010 Contact:Robin Sprague831-775-2324Fresh Express is recalling Hearts of Romaine salad 10oz code S111A18B with an expiration date of May 6, 2003 because it has the potential to be contaminated … [Read more...]
The Bush Recall Update
Information about the President Bush RecallThe President's brother Neil is making a quick buck from the President's No Child Left Behind program. After five years of development and backing by investors like Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and onetime junk-bond king Michael R. Milken, Neil Bush aims to roll his high-tech teacher's helpers into … [Read more...]
Canada Worried that US Citizens Will Take All of Their Drugs
I recently came across this story on Digg.com. According to Reuters, the Ontario Pharmacists' Association is concerned that the United States could drain Canada of its cheaper prescription drugs as the result of two new U.S. measures:The first is a decision by the U.S. customs service to stop destroying medicine ordered through Canadian … [Read more...]
It is Time to Punch the Clock
The battle for America has begun...This is a consumer product blog. But it is political in that our goal is to protect the American people from injury and death at the hands of the rich and morally-challenged. In a sense, that is what the above video is about. … [Read more...]
Stop Your Child From Choking to Death – Read This!
In February 1996, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist drawstrings of upper outerwear garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts.However, it seems every week we are receiving press releases from the CPSC about recalled sweatshirts and … [Read more...]
FDA Expands Lettuce Safety Initiative to Include Spinach
- Click here to visit the US Recall News home page for more recall alerts -- Click here for news about the E. coli lettuce recall -In response to the recent E. coli outbreaks, the FDA has expanded lettuce recall initiatives to include spinachFrom the FDA Website:Lettuce Safety InitiativeThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed the Lettuce … [Read more...]
E.Coli in Spinach
We have received a few emails asking why we have not covered on this blog the biggest recall news event of the year: The E.Coli Outbreak from Contaminated Spinach Leaves.I want to make it clear that this issue is extremely important to us. It has affected me personally, as my wife has been violently ill for over a week after eating a salad with … [Read more...]
Judge Denlow Orders Q-Ray Bracelet Owner to Repay Snake Oil Profits
A federal judge ruled Friday that the placebo effect is not a valid excuse to advertise a useless product such as the Q-Ray bracelet, made in Spain by Bio-Ray S.A., distributed by QT Inc. of Illinois, and owned by Que Te Park.US District Judge Morton Denlow ordered QT Inc. to refund over 100,000 duped customers for a bracelet priced up to nearly … [Read more...]
US Advisory Panel Calls FDA Conclusion on Mercury Fillings Unreasonable
Yesterday a US Advisory Panel of 20 voted 13-to-7 that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) conclusions on the safety of mercury-based amalgam fillings were not "reasonable," and called for more research.The US Public Health Service said in 1997 that data did not support claims that silver fillings caused serious health problems. The FDA … [Read more...]
Public Citizen Watchdog Urges FDA to Recall VNS
A Watchdog group called Public Citizen has asked the FDA to recall the Cyberonics Inc. implantable depression treatment device known as the Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS), claiming that Cyberonics has not proved that the electronic stimulator device is effective. In a July press release, Public Citizen called the FDA's approval of an electronic … [Read more...]
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