Defective & Dangerous Products

• Dietary Supplement Recalled

  Greg Owen | July 03, 2008 8:04 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On July 1, 2008, Jack Distribution, LLC. Of Pompano Beach, Florida has announced a recall of certain lots of a product they market as a dietary supplement. The lots being recalled are Rize 2 The...

• FDA Warns - Don't Eat the Tomatoes

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2008 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  You may have noticed warning's to U.S. consumers. Some warning can be seen at restaurants and in supermarkets telling consumers about a salmonellosis outbreak which has been linked to particular...

• Early Warning From FDA - Potentially Defective Drug

  Greg Owen | June 13, 2008 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasrevealed that there is a safety review is ongoing with respect to Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers. There have been more than 30 reports made to the...

• Product Recall Announced by FDA

  Greg Owen | June 02, 2008 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A product marketed as a dietary supplement known as Viril-Ity-Power (VIP) Tabs has been recalled by the manufacturer of that product, International Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. The recall is voluntary....

• Medication Surveillance Coming Soon

  Greg Owen | April 21, 2008 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to the Well Street Journal, WellPoint along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced the launch of one of the first real-time medication surveillance systems. The system...

• Mitsubishi to Pay Parents $11 Million in Settlement

  Greg Owen | March 10, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A Florida jury orded Mitsubishi to pay a couple $11 million in compensatory damages this week. Mr. & Mrs. Laliberte's 25-year-old son, Scott, died in 2007 as a result of being ejected from a Montero SUV.Attorneys for Donna and Peter Laliberte of Maine argued that Mitsubishi put its Montero SUV on the market despite known problems with the seat belt. The couple's 25-year-old son, Scott, died...

• Fears Over Defective Weighing Scale

  Greg Owen | February 19, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  It is bad enough that a four-year-old child has cancer, but can you imagine the hospital using a defective weighing scales to determine her radiation dosage!!! That is what happened recently in a hospital in the United Kingdom. Recent check on the scales and other equipment in U.K. hospitals revealed that there are not only inaccuracys in the hospitals' scales, but found equipment was missing. ...

• Johnson & Johnson & Sandoz Recall Pain Patches

  Greg Owen | February 15, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG's Sandoz unit recalled pain patches that are leaking the painkiller fentanyl. Fear of overdoses of the painkiller fueled the recent recall. This is the fifth (count them) recall of several versions of the patches since 1994. The problem is that the pain patch delivers an opiod known as fentanyl, which is highly addictive. In fact, it is 80 times more potent...

• FDA Anounces Class 1 Recall of Infusion Pump

  Greg Owen | February 11, 2008 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The most serious type of FDA recall is known as a "Class I recall." This type of recall is only issued if a given defective medical device will cause serious injury or death. According to the FDA recall notice, Medtronic notified its customers of the SynchroMed El Implantable Infusion Pump via a letter dated August 3, 2007.The Implantable Infusion Pump administers drugs to a specific site in the...

• Who's Really Looking Out for the Consumer?

  Greg Owen | December 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  With all the recalled products out there today, it can be quite a fete to determine what products are safe for your children this holiday season. The concerns are not only about toys. Of late, concerns have been raised about everything from food items to cribs.Take the extremely understaffed Consumer Protect Safety Commission, in the Maryland office there is literally one person testing toys as...