Posts tagged safety

• Salmonella outbreak may be over, but the crisis isn't

  Brian W. Smith | August 28, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA has reported that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's...

• Child Booster Seats Must Comply With Safety Laws (no brainer, so you would think)

  Ed Normand | August 19, 2008 5:25 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Of all the products in the world child safety seats should be governed by the same safety regulations (or more, not less) than the average product sold. Incredibly, however, our own National Highway...

• Encourage Bus Safety as Students Return to School

  Sandy Grinnell | August 13, 2008 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It may not feel like summer is over, but for most Florida students summer vacation ends in about two weeks. As you take the kids shopping for new clothes and school supplies, it's the perfect time...

• Tainted Beef Sickens Boy Scouts

  Brian W. Smith | August 09, 2008 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As many as 70 people at a Boy Scout camp in Virginia have come down with food poisoning that may have come from a hamburger packing plant in Azusa, California, which is recalling 153,630 pounds of...

• Whole Foods Market Issues Beef Recall

  Brian W. Smith | August 09, 2008 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Whole Foods Market announced a voluntary multi-state recall of the fresh ground beef it has sold between June 2 and August 6, 2008 because of a concern that it may be contaminated with E. coli...

• Tyson Foods Recalls Chicken Due to Undisclosed Allergens

  Brian W. Smith | August 09, 2008 12:18 AM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Tyson Foods Inc. has voluntarily recalled 51,360 pounds of uncooked chicken in 29 states, including Arizona, due to a soy-based allergen. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the...

• Summer Vacation Ends Tragically for High School Teens

  Sandy Grinnell | August 05, 2008 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two Bloomingdale High School teens are dead and two seriously injured in a two-car accident. It was reported that none of them were wearing their seatbelts. This fact was very disheartening for...

• Tips On Saving Children From Drowning

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2008 5:54 PM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Southwest Florida Drowning Prevention Committee wants to share some safety tips to help protect children from drowning this summer. They believe that every family that owns a pool should have...

• Salmonella Investigation Expands, But Still No Answers

  Brian W. Smith | July 15, 2008 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Although the scope of the investigation has widened, the Center for Disease Control and the FDA seem no closer to discovering the source of the recent outbreak of Salmonella St. Paul. Tomatoes were...

• Drowning Death of Toddler in Lee County Update

  Joseph Bernardo | May 04, 2008 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I received an important and insightful response to my May 2 post on this subject. These events do occur to even the most careful and caring parents. It takes so little time for a child to be in...