Posts tagged defective

• More Cantaloupe Recalled Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

  Jenny Albano | March 25, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Charlie's Produce, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling its Cut Cantaloupe Products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. People infected with Salmonella can become very ill and the infections can sometimes be fatal for the young, the old, and those with compromised immune systems. To learn more about Salmonella and its symptoms click here.The products...

• Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled Due to Skin Irritation and Burns

  Jenny Albano | February 09, 2008 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Chattem, Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, and some consumer samples that were given out for a limited promotional basis.Chattem is recalling these products because it has received some consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns as well as skin irritation resulting from consumer use or possible misuse of these products.The following...

• Welder Recovers in Ohio for Manganese Exposure

  John Inserra | December 10, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  It is reported in the Cincinnati Post that A federal jury awarded $17.5 million to a welder who sued five companies on claims that he got sick from inhaled fumes, marking the second time in 18 such cases that a verdict has come down on the side of workers.The jury in Cleveland found that the five companies showed negligence by not warning the plaintiff of the toxicity of manganese in their...

• Vioxx Settlement

  John Inserra | November 09, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Merck has agreed to settle pending Vioxx claims for a total of $4.85 billion. The settlement is an offer of settlement to individual plaintiffs, provided they can show "1) objective medical proof of either a heart attack or ischemic stroke; (2) documented receipt of at least 30 Vioxx pills; and (3) receipt of pills in sufficient number and proximity to the event to support a presumption that...

• FDA Recall of PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE

  John Inserra | October 26, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled.It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain )among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting useof medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDArecommended that everyone ( even children ) seek alternativemedicine.The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite...

• Conagra Recalls All Pot Pies

  John Inserra | October 16, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Conagra has recalled all of its Banquet brand frozen pot pies and all varieties of store brand frozen pot pies. ConAgra expanded the voluntary recall to include all Banquet and store brand pot pie varieties, including Albertson's, Hill Country Fare, Food Lion, Great Value, Kirkwood, Kroger, Meijer and Western Family.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective...

• More Food Recalls

  John Inserra | October 08, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Krafts Food has voluntarily recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. This product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Thanks for the heads up from fellow injuryboard.com member Mark Joye of Charleston South Carolina.Also Cargill Inc has voluntarily recalled approximately 844,812 pounds of frozen ground beef patties because they may be...

• Butter Flavoring Chemical Removed From Popcorn Because of "Popcorn Lung" Concern

  Jenny Albano | September 06, 2007 12:32 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  ConAgra Foods Inc., the nation's largest microwave popcorn maker, has decided to remove the chemical diacetyl from the buttery flavoring in Orville Redenbacher and Act II popcorn. This decision came after a pulmonary specialist at Denver's National Jewish Medical and Research Center claimed that a consumer developed lung disease from inhaling the fumes from microwaving popcorn numerous times a...

• Another Chinese Product Recall

  John Inserra | August 30, 2007 8:37 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Toys R Us has recalled Imaginarium Wooden Coloring Cases according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The danger is the printed ink on the outer packaging of the wood case contains lead. This product was manufactured in China.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• USDA to Give $5.5 Million to Study Origin of E. Coli in Produce

  Jenny Albano | August 21, 2007 11:10 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The USDA has announced that they will be giving $5.5 million to study E. coli in produce. Officials from the agency want to make sure the deadly bacteria stays out of food. The money is being given to a California institute that will study the origin of E. coli 0157:H7, which is a bacteria that can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and some life threatening complications such as Hemolytic...