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On July 17, the House and Senate conference committee came to an agreement on nine major items relative to product safety and legislation to protect private employees of manufacturers who report...

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Potato chips in California have agreed to reduce the levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide. Those companies include Frito-Lay (the largest supplier of potato chips in California), Kettle...

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A voluntary recall is being conducted by Roxane Laboratories, Inc. after it was determined that there was yeast present in a sampled product. The products being recalled are Sodium Polystyrene...

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Many drivers may think they know the answer to the question "Are your new tires really new?" Even if you bought your tires as new, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are new. The tires may be new in...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Apparently, China has a campaign of sorts to crackdown on malpractice in the pharmacy industry. Three hundred drug and medical instrument manufacturers have been shut down due to sub-standard products. Wu Zhen, Deputy Director of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), said that the crack down is yielding results and noted that by October, 900 illegal drug producers and 400 cases were...

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