Twin Cities-Area Company Issues Food Recall After Listeria Detected A Minnesota-based company issued a major food recall on October 7th after the company detected listeria in their meat products. Buddy’s Kitchen, which distributes several meat and poultry products to major retailers as well as airlines, issued a food recall for 62,488 pounds of meat and poultry breakfast items which were distributed between July 16th and September 25th. The USDA tested a sample of one of the company’s products and found it contaminated with listeria. Buddy’s … [Read more...]
GNC Settles Supplement Lawsuit, Faces More Concerns
October 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
After Settlement in Supplement Lawsuit, New Concerns Over Ingredients in Supplements Lead to Halt on Sales Although GMC settled a supplement lawsuit in September, scientists have raised new concerns about a stimulant that is an ingredient in more of the company’s supplements, which has been untested in humans. At the end of September, GNC Holdings Inc and supplement manufacturer USPLabs LLC agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class action lawsuit against the companies for their workout supplements OxyElite Pro and Jack3d, which had a … [Read more...]
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Covers Half-Million Cars
October 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Involves Over 500,000 Cars and SUVs General Motors has had a tough year involving numerous vehicle recalls due to safety issues, along with class action lawsuits, personal injury and wrongful death complaints, and a federal investigation. The company’s vehicle recall woes began in February of this year, with a small vehicle recall of 10-year-old cars that had ignition switch problems. When confronted with the long-delayed recall, GM admitted that it knew about 13 deaths tied directly to ignition switch problems, which … [Read more...]
New Investigations into Toyota Sudden Acceleration
October 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Toyota Sudden Acceleration Claim Leads to Further Investigation from Regulators Although Toyota began work toward settling numerous sudden acceleration lawsuits in December of this past year, US federal safety regulators say that they are now investigating several new Toyota sudden acceleration claims, this time involving the Corolla instead of the Camry. On Monday, September 29th, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it is examining 163 new complaints of Toyota sudden acceleration covering about 1.69 million … [Read more...]
Pet Food Recall for Salmonella in Raw Foods
October 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Bravo Issues Pet Food Recall After Salmonella Detected With more pet food recalls occurring across the country, more pet food manufacturers are becoming sensitive to testing for food-borne pathogens like salmonella and listeria. On Monday, September 29th, Bravo issued a pet food recall for selected raw turkey and chicken food products for both dogs and cats because they have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. The recalled pet food was distributed across the country starting on November 14th, 2013 through distributors and sold … [Read more...]
Chrysler Issues Vehicle Recall Due to Ignition Switch Problems
September 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Chrysler Faces Older Model Vehicle Recall Due to Ignition Switch Problems Since February this year, General Motors has recalled over 30 million vehicles, about 20 million of which were older model cars that had ignition switch problems which caused numerous accidents, personal injuries, and deaths. Now, Chrysler has issued a vehicle recall for some of their older model cars, for a similar ignition switch problem. Chrysler Group LLC issued a vehicle recall covering 349,442 older model cars and SUVs, including the Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, … [Read more...]
Spartanburg Man Arrested for Knowingly Exposing Date to HIV
September 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Spartanburg Resident Arrested on Criminal Charges for Knowingly Exposed Male Partner to HIV A man from Spartanburg County, SC has been arrested on criminal charges for knowingly exposing a partner he met through a dating website to HIV. He faces felony criminal charges for the HIV accusation. Harry Medina, 47, was arrested by investigators on Thursday, September 18th, when the male victim reported to police that Medina was HIV positive, and knew it when the two had sexual relations. Medina and the victim met through a dating website in … [Read more...]
Carob Powder Food Recall Expanded Due to Salmonella
September 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
More Carob Powder and Carob Brownies Under Food Recall for Potential Salmonella Manufacturer Glaser Organic has issued an expanded version of their original food recall for carob powder items, to include additional carob powder products, as well as carob brownies. Glaser said in a press release that the products might have been contaminated with salmonella, but no illnesses or deaths have been reported from ingestion of these products. The items specifically under the expanded food recall include: RAW CAROB POWDER 8 ounces Lot# … [Read more...]
Man Perceived as Threat Actually Deaf, Victim of Excessive Force
September 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Florida Police Officer Shot and Killed Man Who Was a Perceived Threat, Now Faces Excessive Force Investigation A 52-year-old man was shot and killed on Saturday, September 20th, after officers noticed the man in a verbal altercation at a tow yard, and saw that he had a concealed weapon on his person. The victim did not respond to police verbal commands, according to the report, but the man’s family said that he was deaf from a childhood illness. The shooting is yet another in a series of shootings in the US that raises the question of … [Read more...]
GM Issues Another Vehicle Recall Due to Parking Brake Problems
September 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Another Vehicle Recall from GM Involves Parking Brakes and Fire Hazards Although the automotive manufacturer has already issued numerous vehicle recalls for over 30 million cars in 2014 alone, General Motors has issued another vehicle recall – this time because a defect in the parking brake can cause a fire. The reported problem occurs in GM’s 2013-2015 model year Cadillac XTS and the 2014-2015 model year Chevrolet Impala. A letter confirming the vehicle recall was issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The total … [Read more...]
