Posts tagged Defective Products

• Dole Salad Mix Recalled for E coli Contamination

  Joe Saunders | September 22, 2007 5:07 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Dole's Hearts Delight salad package mix, tainted with E coli bacteria, has prompted a product recall in 9 states so far. The tainted lettuce was sold in a store in Canada. The voluntary recall, issued Monday, affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the U.S. and Canada with a "best if used by" date of Sept. 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B," the company said.Last...

• Grocery Manufacturers Association Wants Beefed Up Regulation to Curb Food Poisoning

  Joe Saunders | September 18, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the largest trade group in the industry, has called on federal regulators to strengthen their regulation of imported foods. In light of the e coli outbreaks in spinach and lettuce and the ConAgra peanut butter contamination, one would also hope for tighter controls on domestic food processing and handling but in any case, this is a good move for consumers....

• Bradenton Bayshore High School Blamed For Rare Cancers

  Courtney Mills | September 14, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  State lawmakers are checking into claims asserted by graduates of former Bayshore High School, Bradenton, Florida, who say they contracted a variety of rare cancers because of exposure to toxic chemicals while at the school. The high school itself was pulled down in the late 1990's. Numerous alumni have come forth to contend that their loved ones have died from rare cancers after attending the...

• Another Toy Recall

  Joe Saunders | September 07, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As the holiday shopping season fast approaches, consumers are increasingly spooked by the happenings in the toy industry. This week marks the third major toy recall this summer. The latest toy recall involves Mattell and lead paint. The company has announced that it will recall 775,000 toys manufactured in China. The majority of the toys involve Mattel's Barbie brand, Barbie Dream Puppy...

• Nuvaring Joins OrthoEvra in Birth Control Blood Clot Dangers

  Joe Saunders | September 04, 2007 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  OrthoEvra preceded Nuvaring in drawing media attention for its risks of causing blood clots. Now, however, Nuvaring has taken its place beside OrthoEvra as another birth control device that has risky side effects such as blood clots, pulmonary emboli, deep vein thrombosis, stroke, heart attack, and death. Nuvaring is a birth control device placed in the vagina during a woman's cycle. It has a...

• Contaminated Spinach Recall

  Joe Saunders | August 30, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A year after spinach was recalled after being found to be contaminated with e coli bacteria, another contaminated spinach recall is underway in California. This time, 68,000 pounds of tainted spinach is being recalled after a sampling was found to be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella can cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. It can be life-threatening to children, the elderly and...

• Another Ford Truck Recall

  Joe Saunders | August 23, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ford has recalled 3.6 million cars, vans, trucks, sports utility vehicles, and vans due to a faulty cruise control system. A similar recall occurred in January 2005 when Ford had to recall 6 million vehicles to a fire hazard linked to faulty cruise control switches. The recall involves the following vehicles: 1998-2002 Ford Ranger, 1992-1997 Lincoln Town Car, 1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria,...

• Kugel Mesh Class Action Update

  Joe Saunders | August 19, 2007 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Judicial Panel has granted the plaintiff's request to pretrial coordination of 13 cases concerning the Kugel Mesh hernia patch. Thirteen (13) lawsuits were filed in 13 different courts located in 11 different states against various defendants, including C.R. Bard and its wholly-owned subsidiary Davol (common defendants in all class actions) and Surgical Sense and WCO Medical Products...

• Mattel Recalls Toys Due to Lead Paint Concerns

  Joe Saunders | August 15, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Mattel has recalled millions of toys that may pose dangers to children due to the high content of lead paint. The products were manufactured in China and the announcement comes on the eve of the Christmas shipping frenzy for the toy company. For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• Acanthamoeba Keratitis Causing More Eye Infections for Contact Lens Users

  Joe Saunders | May 28, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The CDC has linked AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Contact Lens Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics to a rare but potentially serious eye infection caused by Acanthamoeba keratitis. This infection outbreak involves amoeba as opposed to the fungal keratitis of last year. Eye infections linked to contact lens solution may also be bacterial. We suspect that the CDC will...