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Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006 is the subject of an advisory by Nokia. The manufacturer has stated that the affected batteries could over heat and short circuit. More than 300 million BL-5C batteries have been produced by several suppliers. This particular advisory applies to 46 million batteries...

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In spite of the fact that dozens of studies strongly suggest that taking the diabetes drug Avandia points to a significantly increased risk of heart attack, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously acknowledged that fact, an advisory panel determined that Advandia could stay on the market. While the FDA is not required to follow the advise of the advisory panel, it usually does....

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The Food and Drugs Administration are doing spot checks due to the recent canned meat recall, and they are not happy with what they are finding. In spite of the recall, nationwide spot checks show that there are stores selling canned food that may contain botulism. You may recall that Augusta, Georgia-based Castleberry's Food Company started recalling more than 90 potentially contaminated...

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A new warning from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This time the warning involves canned chile sauce that may contain botulism. Several people, including 2 children, are seriously ill after eating the contaminated food. Those people fell ill between June 29 and July 9. The affected products are made by the Castleberry Food Company in Augusta, Georgia. Go on the link for a list of the 10...

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Food labels can be confusing at best. This can clearly pose a problem for consumers who may have food allergies. That is why The Food and Drug Administration will seek advice from both consumers and food makers, at which time they will consider whether they should intervene so as to prevent the consumer from using what could amount to a defective product."Consumers see the label "on so many...

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Of late, the phrase "made in China" makes many consumers downright uneasy. There have been so many recalled products that came from China people are proceeding with extreme caution, and who can blame them. Product recalls from China continued this week when a New York company recalled two snack food products. The recalled products were feared to be contaminated with salmonella, which was traced...

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In one of the most horrific accidents imaginable, a 13-year-old girl's feet were cut off at the ankle while on an amusement park ride last Thursday in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The ride in question lifts passengers 177 feet in the air, before dropping them back down at a high rate of speed only to stop 20 feet from the ground below. One witness said she...

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It is believed that there may be defective tires on the wheels of some motorcycles on the road. Michelin, the tire maker, has launched what they are describing as a precautionary recall. A spokesperson for Michelin stated that there have been no accidents reported to date as a result of the defective tires. Apparently, the recall is due to manufacturing problem.What is not helpful is the fact...

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U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman has ordered Menu Foods and/or their agents to have no further contact with consumers of the pet food recall products without the involvement of the consumers' attorneys. Judge Hillman called the endless telephone calls to consumers " abusive and harassing." As if pet owners had not already been put through enough with this pet food recall nightmare. Most...

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Avandia is a diabetes medicine and is GlaxoSmithKline's second-bestselling drug. We know that worldwide more than 6 million people have taken Avandia or Avandamet, since 1999. Additionally, there was $2.2 billion in U.S. Avandia sales reported by Glaxo, and that is for the year 2006 alone. After 42 clinical trials were conducted, The New England Journal of Medicine published doctor Steven...

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This is not some bad joke folks. While it is indeed bad, it is not joke. The poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), which is used in antifreeze and as a solvent, has been found in toothpaste imported from China. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert and is trying to prevent the toothpaste from entering the United States. A really good rule of thumb is, if the...

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The New York Post reported that in 2000 the FDA was warned in a letter from John B. Buse, M.D., chief of endocrinology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, that there was a "a worrisome trend in cardiovascular deaths and severe adverse events" among patients using the drug. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges that they were indeed alerted about the doctors...

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A California company, Hong Chang Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, has recalled a product labeled as monkfish. They fear it may contain tetrodotoxin, a potent toxin. Apparently, this particular toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking or freezing, and can result in death. Within approximately one half hour to several hours of ingesting food that contains tetrodotoxin symptoms occur. The symptoms...

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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,...

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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...

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