Some Dietary Supplements Claim to be a Concussion Cure, FDA Issues Warnings As public concern over concussions, especially sports-related concussions in teenage football and soccer players, grows, some supplement manufacturers are exploiting the fear and marketing their supplements as Concussion cures. On Monday, August 25th, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its awareness of the problem on its website, stating that the public should not purchase supplements to treat concussion symptoms. Dietary supplements do not face the same … [Read more...]
Sam’s Club Chicken Salad Under Food Recall for Potential Listeria
August 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Chicken Salad Kits Sold at Sam’s Club Under Food Recall for Potential Listeria Infection The US Department of Agriculture announced that chicken salad kits, mainly sold at Sam’s Club, are under a voluntary food recall for potential listeria contamination which could result in food poisoning. The chicken Caesar salad kits were produced by APPA Fine Foods, based in California. They were in 11-ounce, clear plastic containers and 6.5-pound boxes labeled "APPA Fine Foods/Sam's Club Daily Chef Chicken Caesar Salad Kit." The food recall covers … [Read more...]
NHTSA Develops Vehicle Recall Safety Website
August 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Vehicle Recall Safety Website Shows Consumers If Vehicle Recall Issues Have Been Fixed The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has created a new online search tool, a vehicle recall safety website, for consumers to use their car’s VIN (vehicle identification number) to look up whether or not the car fell under a vehicle recall, and if the recall was effective in fixing the problem. The service officially launched on Wednesday, August 20th. The search tool allows consumers to look up any car with a VIN number to find out if the … [Read more...]
Product Recall for 2.2 Million Bean Bag Chairs
August 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Deaths Lead to Product Recall for 2.2 Million Bean Bag Chairs About 2.2 million bean bag chairs are under product recall after two children opened the zippers, crawled inside, and suffocated to death. On Friday, August 22nd, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that the bean bag chairs were under product recall because the zippers on the chairs, made by Ace Bayou Corp, can open accidentally. Two children – a 13-year-old boy from McKinney, Texas, and a 3-year-old girl from Lexington, Kentucky – crawled inside the bean bag … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, Under Food Recall for Salmonella
August 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Major Retailers of Nut Butters Under Food Recall for Salmonella On Tuesday, August 19th, the Food and Drug Administration announced that peanut butter and almond butter are under food recall for salmonella, due to a possible salmonella contagion. Major retailers like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are pulling the all-natural nut butters from manufacturer nSPIRED Natural Foods. The producer issued the voluntary food recall after receiving notification from the USDA. Other brands affected by the food recall were Arrowhead Mills and MaraNatha, … [Read more...]
Four Indicted for Multistate Ground Beef Food Recall
August 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Four California Slaughterhouse Owners Indicted for Illnesses Related to Ground Beef Food Recall The two co-owners and two other employees of a slaughterhouse in Petaluma, California, have been indicted on federal charges after their business was discovered to be the epicenter of a multistate outbreak that led to a massive ground beef food recall. On Thursday, August 14th, Jesse Amaral Jr, and employees Eugene Corda and Felix Cabrera, were indicted on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat. … [Read more...]
Paraplegic Woman Sues GM for Personal Injury
August 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Paraplegic Woman Burned by Seat in GM Vehicle, Sues GM for Personal Injury A paraplegic woman from Portland, Maine, is suing General Motors in a very different type of lawsuit than the manufacturer has faced in recent months – she received a burn from one of the seat warmers that required months of medical attention, sues GM for personal injury. Emma Verrill, 26, is paralyzed from the waist down and cannot feel hot and cold in those extremities. In 2012, she and a friend went on a beach trip in the friend’s Chevrolet Suburban, which had … [Read more...]
Food Recall for Ground Beef at Whole Foods
August 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
N.E. Whole Foods Face Food Recall for Ground Beef Whole Foods locations in Massachusetts face a food recall for ground beef products that may contain e. Coli. The food recall for ground beef so far is small – only 368 pounds of ground beef are under the food recall, and Massachusetts Whole Foods are only affected in two locations. The ground beef was produced on June 8th, June 10th, and June 21st. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) began investigating reports of e. Coli illnesses in the area on June 25th. Three patients … [Read more...]
GM Compensation Fund for Special Victims Faces Numerous Personal Injury Claims
August 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Compensation Fund for Special Victims of GM Faulty Ignition Switches Receive More Personal Injury Claims Than Expected On Monday, August 11th, General Motors reported that their GM compensation fund, set up for victims of the delayed faulty ignition switch vehicle recall, had received more claims than anticipated – a total of 135 personal injury claims, almost half of which were wrongful death claims. According to Camille Biros, spokeswoman for fund manager and attorney Kenneth Feinberg, the total number of wrongful death claims related to … [Read more...]
Chicken Nuggets Under Food Recall
August 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Georgia Firm Issues Food Recall for Chicken Nuggets A company in Georgia has issued a food recall for 15,000 lbs of chicken nuggets after consumers complained about finding plastic pieces inside. The US Department of Agriculture reports that Perdue has issued a food recall for chicken nuggets under the brand name “APPLE GATE naturals,” with establishment number “P2617” and the “BEST BEFORE” date of “02/05/15.” The product was shipped on February 5, 2014 to nationwide retailers. Perdue and the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service stated that … [Read more...]
