Posts tagged recall

• Tylenol Manufacturer Recalls Children's Liquid Products Potentially Contaminated with Bacteria

  David Mittleman | September 24, 2009 9:39 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the manufacturer of Tylenol, is voluntarily recalling more than 20 types of child and infant liquid products. According to their statement, McNeil stated that it had...

• Recalls: Children's Masks and Pendants & Bicycle Chain Connectors Pose Hazards

  David Mittleman | September 11, 2009 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Please be on the lookout for two recently recalled products, as they can both create potential hazard and safety risk in you or your children. The first product is the 10 Speed SRAM Bicycle Chain...

• Burley Child Trailers Voluntarily Recalled: Product Defect Poses Potential Risk of Injury

  David Mittleman | August 21, 2009 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Burley Trailer Design has recalled thousands of Burley child trailers because a defect in the product can cause the wheel to separate from the trailer and fall off. The recall covers 2009...

• FDA recalls nonfat dry milk tainted with salmonella

  David Mittleman | July 08, 2009 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Food and Drug Administration recently recalled nonfat dry milk because the milk is apparently tainted with salmonella. Even if you aren’t a fan of the product, nonfat dry milk is an...

• Another scare with Heparin by Baxter International

  David Mittleman | May 12, 2009 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It appears as though another Baxter International product may be implicated in patient’s injuries. United States health officials are investigating whether or not the deaths of two patients in...

• FDA Announces Recall of Popular Weight Loss Pill

  David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers about the weight loss pill Hydroxycut. The manufacturer of Hydroxycut, Iovate Health Sciences, has agreed to pull the product from...

• Child Safety: Pacifiers and Cribs Recalled

  David Mittleman | April 14, 2009 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of forty-thousand Zoo Pacifiers manufactured by Healthtex. It has been determined that the pacifiers are unsafe for use because the...

• Consumer Safety: Yamaha Rhino Recall

  David Mittleman | April 01, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  After the United States Consumer and Product Safety Commission investigated 50 accidents involving 46 driver and passenger deaths due to Yamaha Rhino models 450, 660, and 700, Yamaha has issued a...

• Food Safety: California Company Recalls 1 Million Pounds of Pistachios

  David Mittleman | April 01, 2009 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA and the California Department of Public Health are investigating a possible Salmonella contamination in Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, California, pistachio products. In response, the...

• Pain patches with deadly drugs still being recalled for poor design

  David Mittleman | February 06, 2009 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  New Year’s Eve doesn’t usually bring to mind thoughts of product safety recalls, but that’s exactly what happened on December 31, 2008 as the producers and manufacturers of two...