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Sort by date 826 pages found matching toyota recalls- Will Widened Michael Foods Egg Recall Result in Foodborne Illness?
Mar-11-12 Wakefield, NE Food recalls, undertaken in an effort to avoid cases of Foodborne Illness , can appear to take on a life of their own after the domino effect of a recall takes hold. Case in point is the recent recall of more than a million hard-cooked eggs by Michael Foods. The initial recall, in an effort to avoid any potential for Food Poisoning, was... - Smith & Nephew Hip Implant Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Smith & Nephew, a global medical technology company based in England, is facing lawsuits over some of its Birmingham Hip Replacement (BHR) and R3 metal-on-metal hip replacement systems. The lawsuits concern the alleged premature failure of Smith & Nephew's metal-on-metal hip implant devices, which can cause pain, limited mobility and the need fo... - Senate Passes Food Safety Bill
Nov-30-10 Washington, DC The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that could put in place a sweeping overhaul of the national food safety system. The bill was prompted by the seemingly endless food recalls of recent memory, including tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach. The legislation provides the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with greater powers to... - Toy Giant Mattel Recalls Nearly 11 Million Toys
Sep-30-10 New York, NY With the Christmas consumer rush about to get underway, giant toy manufacturer Mattel has announced a massive defective product recall , of nearly 11 million products sold throughout the US and Canada. The products in question carry the lauded Fisher-Price brand, and were in stores up to and including September, according to a release by t... - Takata Agrees to Settle Defective Airbags MDL for $1B
Santa Clara, CA: Takata Corporation has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle multi-district litigation alleging the airbag manufacturer was aware of the fatal defect with its airbags but sold them anyway. At least 11 deaths have been linked to the airbags, which can explode due to a design defect. According to the proposed settlement terms Takata will... - Defective Catheters Causing Injury
Santa Clara, CA: Over 4,000,000 catheters have been recalled due to reports that the defective medical devices can fracture and migrate through a patient’s body, leading to perforation of blood vessels; embolization of fragments throughout the vascular system, including the lungs and heart; and may, cause death or serious injury. Catheters are... - Nissan Recalls 2.1 Million Vehicles Over Engine Problems
Oct-28-10 Tokyo, Japan And now, it is Nissan. The automaker announced today that it is recalling more than 2.1 million vehicles worldwide over engine problems that could cause an engine to stall, with the possibility that it could not be re-started in extreme cases. Of the models recalled around the globe, six models are affected in the US: Armada, Frontier,... - Embark Resistance Cord Lawsuit, Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Lawyers are investigating possible defective products class action lawsuits , alleging the Embark Resistance Cord was defectively designed putting consumers at risk of injury. The Embark Resistance band was sold by Target Corporation and was recalled in September 2011, due to reports of injury, including permanent vision loss. Embark Resistance C... - ETHEX Faces Another Recall Over Manufacturing Practices
Feb-8-09 Washington, DC A manufacturer with a prior incident for distributing products outside the bounds of good manufacturing practices is having to face the music again: More prescription prenatal and iron supplements made by ETHEX Corporation have been recalled over fear of ETHEX side effects and other concerns. In the past, ETHEX drug overdose has been an is... - Mother's Act Promotes Pregnancy as New Cottage Industry
Dec-5-08 Women of childbearing years represent the most lucrative market for the makers of psychiatric drugs. The knowledge that infants were being born with birth defects and suffering a withdrawal syndrome when these drugs were used during pregnancy was hidden for decades. Knowledge of these terrible risks would have caused a major drop in sales to this customer b... - GM to Pay $900M to End Criminal Charges over Ignition Switch Defect
New York, NY: General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay $900 million to bring closure to criminal charges brought against by the US government over allegations the automaker hid a handle lethal ignition switch defect, which has resulted in at least 124 deaths. According to a report in Automotive News, GM admitted to failing to disclose the defect to... - Honda Expands Faulty Airbag Recall
Feb-11-10 Tokyo, JAPAN As if recall-weary consumers don't have enough bad news already—Honda Motor Co. announced yesterday that is expanding an earlier recall of vehicles over concerns that the airbags inflate with too much pressure, causing the inflator casing to break and putting passengers at risk of injury or even death. One death has been reported... - Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak Prompts AFC Tuna Recall
Gardena, CA: The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control have issued warnings regarding a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+). So far, illness has been reported from 11 states. Eleven ill people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The salmonella outbreak appears to s... - Lucky to be off Duragesic Pain Patch
Mar-20-08 Tucson, AZ After five years of suffering mental and physical side effects from chronic back pain medication, Frank begged his doctor to prescribe a non-narcotic painkiller. The adhesive Duragesic pain patch sounded ideal but didn't take long for his situation to worsen. "At first I thought it was terrific," says Frank. "Anything was better than the shiv... - Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?
Mar-12-08 Washington, DC It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few. We knew from the beginning that the recall was triggered by six cases of e. coli... - Rochester Meat Recall: USDA under Fire for Inspection Failures
Mar-5-08 Washington, DC This January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted ground beef has been dwarfed by the huge Westland/Hallmark recall of 143 million pounds, nearly two years' production. Nonetheless, the Rochester Meat recall highlights the same institutional failures at the federal Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection... - It's Happened Again: Largest Beef Recall in US History
Feb-18-08 Chino, CA: In a recall of staggering proportions, the US Department of Agriculture announced Sunday that 143 million pounds of ground beef have been recalled , easily representing the largest meat recall in US history. The recall, being carried out by the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company based in Chino, California, easily dwarfs the huge Topps beef rec... - Rochester Meat Recall: Could Things Get Worse?
Feb-3-08 San Diego, CA: One of the victims of the e. coli contaminated beef sold to restaurant chains and food services by Minnesota-based Rochester Meat Company was described in news reports as a 17-year-old woman living in this southern California city. According to news reports, she fell ill in December, but did not become sick enough to require hospitalizat... - Rochester Meat Recall: California Officials Seek to Contact Purchasers
Jan-15-08 San Diego, CA: San Diego County health officials say they are trying to contact restaurants that purchased beef from Rochester Meat Company of Minnesota. Rochester Meat recently announced the recall of 188,000 pounds of beef that may be contaminated with e.coli bacteria. In December 2007, a 17-year-old San Diego County girl fell ill with e.coli po... - Topps Assets Sold, USDA Vows to Make Improvements
Jan-12-08 Elizabeth, NJ: In one of the first positive steps to come out of the massive Topps beef recall in late 2007, a new program announced January 4th by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will see enhanced risk-based sampling and testing for the nasty E. coli 0157:H7 pathogen in raw ground beef. Food safety inspectors had come under fire fo...