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• Contaminated Pet Food & Human Food

  Greg Owen | May 29, 2007 12:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Since the pet food recall begun on March 16, and the subsequent news that contaminated pet food had reached the human food supply, the Food and Drug Administration stated that it will test ingredients imported for use in human food. The question the FDA is looking into is whether contaminants are in other concentrates that may be getting into the pet food and/or human food. Dr. David Acheson,...

• FDA Warning -Defective Product

  Greg Owen | May 25, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Many people have had an MRI with and MRI scan comes a gadolinium-based contrast agent, which are used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first notified health care professionals and the public about the gadolinium-related risks for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis NSF in June 2006 . Information regarding those risks were updated in...

• Menu Food Sues ChemNutra Inc. Due to Tainted Pet Food Ingredient

  Greg Owen | May 24, 2007 5:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A lawsuit was filed on Monday by Menu food as a result of the tainted pet food ingredient that was supplied to them by ChemNutra, Inc. Menu Foods is now asking for damages substantially in excess of $75, 000. ChemNutra fired back the claim that Menu Foods waited weeks prior to advising them of potential problems. The pet food ingredient, wheat gluten, contained melamine, which is a toxic...

• Contaminated Pet Food - What to Look For

  Greg Owen | May 22, 2007 5:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Today, U.S. federal officials announced that wheat flour was actually the contaminated pet-food ingredient from China that sickened dogs and cats. It was not wheat gluten or rice protein concentrate, as previously suspected.It is believed that the wheat flour was deliberately spiked with melamine in order to give the ingredient a false protein reading. A false reading increases the value of the...

• Firm Sues for $10 Million in a Defective Product Case

  Greg Owen | May 16, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A lawsuit in the amount of $10 million was filed against Lynchburg-based C.B. Fleet Company on behalf of Lora Joyce Goza a resident of Texas. She suffered from acute renal failure in addition to other side effects as a result of using Fleet Phospho-soda prior to a medical procedure. Lynchburg-based C.B. Fleet Company is a large manufacturer of health, medical and pharmaceutical...

• Defective Product Injures at Least 160 Children

  Greg Owen | May 11, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On Friday, the Ohio company, Evenflo Company Inc., announced a recall of the Evenflo Embraceâ„¢ Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The number of infant car seats involved in the recall is approximately 450.000. It appears that the handle on the infant carrier can release unexpectedly. The unexpected release causes the seat to rapidly rotate forward and from there you can imagine the types of injuries an...

• First Pet Food Recall - Now, Human Food Chain Affected

  Greg Owen | May 04, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Of late, the recall food situation has gotten out of hand. As if it was not bad enough that we have had an ever-increasing array of pet food recalled, now the contamination has reached the human food chain. Yes, I'm afraid so. The latest scare began when it came to light that 'byproducts' of the contaminated pet food had been fed to hogs - who knew hogs were eating pet food. That's another...

• Truck Accident Brings Bay Area Freeway Down

  Greg Owen | May 01, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  On Sunday, a tanker-truck became an inferno. A truck explosion actually melted a connector ramp just east of the Bay Bridge. The freeway, which has fallen on top of another freeway, was built in the 1950's and was retrofitted in the 1990. "...rather than rebuild the ramp according to already existing blueprints, engineers will likely overhaul the interchange to conform to today's more stringent...