Defective & Dangerous Products

• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Peanut Butter

  Brian W. Smith | January 12, 2009 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio issued a voluntary recall for two brands of peanut butter, after health officials in Minnesota said they had found salmonella bacteria in a tub of peanut butter...

• Tainted Peanut Butter May Have Sickened Hundreds

  Brian W. Smith | January 11, 2009 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio issued a voluntary recall for two brands of peanut butter, after health officials in Minnesota said they had found salmonella bacteria in a tub of peanut butter...

• Peanut Butter is Possible Source of Salmonella Outbreak

  Brian W. Smith | January 11, 2009 12:39 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  Officials from the state Department of Health said late Friday that the salmonella bacteria found in 30 Minnesotans believe to have been sickened by eating King Nut brand creamy peanut butter has...

• Melamine contaminated Topaz Wafer Rolls recalled nationwide by FDA

  Brian W. Smith | January 08, 2009 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  The FDA has announced a nationwide recall of contaminated wafer rolls. National Brands Inc., located in Spring Valley, New York initiated a recall of all their cans of Topaz brand Wafer Rolls. The...

• Laxative Deemed Dangerous By FDA

  Brian W. Smith | January 08, 2009 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  Unico Holdings in Lake Worth, Florida is recalling almost 200,000 boxes of its ginger-lemon flavored laxative mix sold nationwide. Federal health officials say they could pose health risks. The...

• Bacon Bits May Be Contaminated by Listeria

  Brian W. Smith | January 07, 2009 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  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 Food...

• Another Recall of Duralgesic Patches

  Ed Normand | January 04, 2009 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Duralgesic patches are topical patches that users attach to the skin to treat chronic pain. The medication involved is fentanyl which is an opiate 80 times stronger than morphine. The patches are...

• If you dont like our tort system, compare it to others

  Ed Normand | January 03, 2009 11:14 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  Chinese parents are angry. Not only are they limited to one child per family but their one child is at risk from dangerous products and faulty construction to name a few recent events. The Chinese...

• New Pool Drain Covers Mandated Nationwide By Friday

  Eddie Farah | December 18, 2008 11:19 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Beginning Saturday, pools and spas that do not have the required anti-drowning drain covers could be forced to close down. The improved safety system was passed by Congress last year and pool and...

• Fluoroquinolones like Levaquin are just Plain Toxic

  Armand Rossetti | December 09, 2008 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Those who are familiar with pain pump cases know that bupivacaine is chondrotoxic. Joint cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes, and most of the anesthetic “caines” cause...