Posts tagged defective products

• ConAgra Foods Has More Food Contamination Issues

  Joe Saunders | October 10, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last time ConAgra was in the news it was for contaminated peanut butter. This time ConAgra is in the news because of a salmonella scare with its pot pies made in its Missouri plant. So far, there have been more than 30 food poisoning incidents reported in 37 states. Federal investigators are busy trying to determine the extent and nature of the salmonella contamination.For more information on...

• Georgia Salmonella Cases In Pot Pies

  Eddie Farah | October 10, 2007 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Georgia is just one of 30 states reporting incidents of salmonella linked to pot pies made by ConAgra Foods Inc.That's the same company that made the peanut butter that was recalled in its Georgia plant.This time the company's Missouri plant produced the Banquet pot pies. Production has stopped there as, so far, 139 cases have been confirmed. 23 people are hospitalized.Most of the cases reported...

• Winn-Dixie Recalls Prestige Chocolate Ice Cream Because of Mislabeling

  Jenny Albano | October 09, 2007 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Winn-Dixie Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Prestige Chocolate Ice Cream because of a potential mislabeling in packaging. Some of the products may have the correct lid identifying the product as chocolate almond, but the "tub" is identified as only chocolate. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction...

• Medtronic's Heart Stent Runs Into More Problems with Safety

  Joe Saunders | October 08, 2007 4:32 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A new study has revealed that Medtronic's new heart stent has shown more blood clots than its rivals in comparison studies. The new device has not yet received approval for sale in the US. Use of drug coated stents to prop open occluded arteries have been popular among physicians until recently. Stents are tiny mesh tubes inserted into the artery to prop them open after they've been cleared...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Contaminated Beef Manufacturer

  Joe Saunders | October 05, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A class action lawsuit has been filed in US District Court in New York against Topps Meat Co. The company has recalled more than 21. 7 million pounds of frozen ground beef patties that have made at least 28 people sick from the E coli bacteria found in the beef. One person has developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a form of kidney failure from contracting the E coli bacteria. So far, the...

• Wal--Mart Sued For Selling Tainted Hamburger

  Patricia Doherty | October 05, 2007 5:39 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The parents of a 15 year old girl sued Wal-Mart alleging their daughter contracted an e-coli infection from frozen hamburger patties they bought at a WalMart. The young girl was hospitalized for about 3 weeks suffering from pain, fatigue, diarrhea and dehydration. She almost died from eating the tainted beef distributed by Topps Meat. The Miami Herald reports that the U.S. Dept. of...

• Agreement reached by five major hip and knee manufacturers

  Brenda Fulmer | October 04, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Five companies who market most of the hip and knee surgical implantation devices in the United States have been accused of making deals with orthopedic surgeons in order for their products to be used by those medical providers. Four of the companies, Zimmer Holdings, DePuy Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew & Biomet, have reached nonprosecutory 18 month agreements which include reforms and federal...

• FDA Clamps Down on Marketing of Unapproved Hydrocodone Products

  Joe Saunders | October 03, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA plans to take enforcement action against companies that continue to market drug products containing the popular but addictive hydrocodone. The move is intended to target those drugs marketed especially to children to suppress coughs. "Companies marketing these unapproved products have not demonstrated the safety and efficacy of these drugs," said Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H.,...

• Some Good News For Tobacco Litigants

  Eddie Farah | October 01, 2007 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The good news happened at the U.S. Supreme Court as it reconvened Monday.The highest court of the land rejected with no comment or discussion, an appeal by the tobacco industry. Big Tobacco wanted to overturn a decision last year that would allow "deception" and "negligence" to be argued against Big Tobacco in the states upcoming individual lawsuits. Those cases are being filed by Farah and...

• Topps Meat Expands Burger Recall

  Joe Saunders | October 01, 2007 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Topps Meat Co. has expanded its initial recall of beef patties to 21.7 million pounds. The recall involves beef that may be contaminated with the E coli bacteria that has sickened dozens of people. The recall represents all Topps products with either a "sell by date" or a "best if used by date" between Sept. 25 this year and Sept. 25, 2008. The US Department of Agriculture has suspended the...