Posts tagged Defective Products

• Johnson & Johnson & Sandoz Recall Pain Patches

  Greg Owen | February 15, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Nokia BL-5C Battery Recalled

  Greg Owen | August 18, 2007 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• More Recalled Products from China

  Greg Owen | July 06, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Girl Loses Feet in an Amusement Park Ride

  Greg Owen | June 27, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Salmonella: What is it?

  Greg Owen | February 22, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Salmonellosis appears to be on the rise in the United States, particularly in the last ten years. With recent recalls on products that are feared to be contaminated with Salmonella, many people may be wondering what the exact nature of Salmonella is. According to the dictionary, "salmonella is any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa,...

• 62,400 Chrysler Vehicles Recalled for Faulty ABS, Traction Control

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  62,400 2007 Chrysler - Dodge and Jeep vehicles are being recalled because the braking system may not work. The problem could result in loss of control, however, no accidents or injuries have been reported to date.The recall includes 62,369 2007 model-year Chrysler Sebring, Chrysler 300, Jeep Commander, Jeep Compass, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Nitro, Dodge Magnus, Jeep Grand Cherokee,...

• Pet Food Recall - Judge Tells Menu Food "Back Off."

  Greg Owen | June 12, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Rat Poisoin Found in Tainted Pet Food

  Greg Owen | March 23, 2007 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It was announced today that rat poison was found in the recalled pet food that unsuspecting pet owners have been feeding their faithful friends. Although, it is still unknown to scientists and state officials just how the rat poison got there. According to Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker " the toxin was identified as Aminopterin, which is used to kill rats in some countries."...

• Fears Over Defective Weighing Scale

  Greg Owen | February 19, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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. ...

• FDA Anounces Class 1 Recall of Infusion Pump

  Greg Owen | February 11, 2008 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...