Defective & Dangerous Products

• Disney to Test Toys for Safety

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Due to the large number of recalls involving children's toys and lead paint, the Walt Disney Company has announced that it will begin independently testing its toys. Disney allows other companies to manufacturer toys with their characters. They have hired companies to purchase Disney toys from stores and test them for safety. Mattel was the latest to recall toys due to lead paint and magnets...

• San Jose Jamba Juice Alerts Customers About hepatitis A

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A female worker at a San Jose, California, Willow Glen Jamba Juice store has developed hepatitis A, announced the chief medical officer for Santa Clara County. She put approximately 4,000 customers who frequented the store during the shifts she worked at risk for the virus.Hepatitis A is a serious, infectious disease of the liver that is transmitted by oral-fecal passage. The disease can be...

• Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter and Salmonella

  Staff Writer | February 17, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes foodborne illness).If you became ill after consuming contaminated peanut butter, we...