Defective & Dangerous Products

• Fisher-Price Recalls Defective Toys - Chinese Lead Paint

  James Sabatini | August 01, 2007 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has...

• Fatally Defective Chinese Tires

  James Sabatini | June 26, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A fatal auto accident in Pennsylvania has stirred concerns about another potentially hazardous Chinese product in wide use in the U.S.: tires. About 450,000 Chinese-made tires sold in the U.S. -- and possibly many more -- may lack an important safety feature, according to federal regulators and the U.S. distributor that helped design them. The tires are defective because an unknown portion of...

• Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch, Ohio's Caps On Pain and Suffering

  James Sabatini | May 21, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A woman who says she suffered life-threatening blood clots from a birth control medication wants the Ohio Supreme Court to declare the state's cap on pain-and-suffering awards unconstitutional.The court on Tuesday planned to hear arguments in the lawsuit filed by Melisa Arbino of Cincinnati over the Ortho Evra Birth Control PatchThe challenge to a 2005 law limiting pain-and-suffering awards is...

• Product Recall of Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seat

  James Sabatini | May 14, 2007 10:28 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Evenflo Company Inc, announced a recall Friday of the Evenflo Embraceâ„¢ Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The recall affects about 450,000 infant car seats.The manufacturer of the defective car seats is Evenflo Company Inc., of Vandalia, Ohio. The defective car seat has...

• Chirldren's Braclets Recalled Due to Lead

  James Sabatini | April 03, 2007 10:14 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  About 4 million Groovy Grabber children's bracelets, manufactured by A&A Global Industries, have been recalled because the paint on the metallic part of the bands contains high levels of lead, which is toxic for children and can cause adverse health effects if ingested.The lead containing braclets were sold at vending machines in department, grocery and discount stores, as well as shopping malls...

• Peanut Butter Recall Extended to 2004

  James Sabatini | March 12, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  On Friday, March 9, 2007, the F.D.A. announced the manufacturers of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter and peanut butter toppings, ConAgra Foods Inc. extended peanut butter recall for Georgia-produced goods with product code 2111 to October 2004. The new date represents an additional year from the original recall start date of December 2005. Peanut butter has a long shelf life, and the...

• Contaminated Peanut Butter(2)

  James Sabatini | March 01, 2007 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  U.S. health officials on Thursday confirmed finding salmonella in samples taken from the Georgia processing plant linked to contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, inspections of ConAgra's plant in Sylvester uncovered the same strain of salmonella found in jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter responsible for 370 cases...

• Contaminated Peanut Butter

  James Sabatini | February 26, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The ConAgra Foods plant in Sylvester, Georgia, was inspected by company and government scientists. They were trying to find the cause of the salmonella contamination that led to a peanut butter recall. The Peter Pan brand and some of Walmart's Great Value brand were linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella cases, and those brands of peanut butter was recalled. The plant in Sylvester,...

• Toy Oven Recall

  James Sabatini | February 06, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  About 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens sold since last May have been recalled on Tuesday, February 6, 2007. The ovens are manufactured by Easy-Bake, a division of Hasbro, Inc. The toy ovens are being recalled because children can get their fingers caught in the oven's opening which then can lead to bruning. There have been five reports of children burning their fingers when using the toy oven. These...

• Toyota's Recall of Defective Trucks and SUVs

  James Sabatini | January 23, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 533,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles because of potential steering problems. Toyota said the recall involved 2004-2006 Tundra trucks and 2004-2007 Sequoia full-size SUVs. The automaker has received reports of 11 accidents and six injuries connected to the recall, said Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong. The automaker said...