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Sort by relevance 826 pages found matching toyota recalls- Largest Crib Recall in US History Announced
Nov-24-09 Washington, DC It's the largest crib recall in US history. Late yesterday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a massive voluntary recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft baby cribs with drop-down sides. There have been 110 incidents reported in the US and Canada when the drop-down sides of the crib became detached as a result of poo... - Toyota Recalls 2000-2003 Tundra Vehicles
Washington, DC: Toyota is recalling model year 2000-2003 Tundra vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the following cold climate states with high road salt usage: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ve... - Toyota Faces Product Liability Lawyers over Acceleration Problems
Nov-22-09 Riverside, CA Already facing troubling economic times, the Toyota Corporation is now the subject of new arbitration with product liability lawyers alleging that cars manufactured by the automotive giant over the past eight years contain faulty electrical systems that could lead to sudden acceleration. The suit, currently seeking class action statu... - Toyota Lawsuit: Sudden Unintended Acceleration
Nov-12-09 Los Angeles, CA A class action lawsuit filed against Toyota Motor Corporation on November 5, 2009 alleges that owners of some Toyota and Lexus vehicles have "experienced instances of unintended acceleration" in their vehicles. According to just-auto.com, lawyers involved in the Toyota class action lawsuit say that the problem is not, as Toyota claims,... - Flammable Bathrobes at the heart of defective product personal injury lawsuits
Nov-11-09 Hartford, CT Consumers may want to re-think giving bathrobes to friends and relations this holiday season, as a Connecticut woman is suing the Blair Company after her mother was burned to death while wearing one of the company's allegedly flammable chenille bathrobes, in the first of a potential string of defective product personal injury lawsuits . Th... - Foodborne Illness Results in Two Separate Recalls
Nov-8-09 Chautauqua, NY Two recent cases of foodborne illness —which may or may not be related—bring more attention to the food production industry and alleged lapses in safety and quality control that have resulted in food poisoning, including two deaths. Within the last several days Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York recalled nearly half a mil... - Was There More to Fatal Defective Automotive Crash Than Floor Mats?
Nov-4-09 San Diego, CA An allegedly defective automobile that killed four people—including a highly trained police officer—is still under investigation. And while the San Diego crash triggered the largest auto defect recall in Toyota's history, there is much more to this automobile defect story than improperly installed floor mats. The August 28t... - Nationwide Recall of All Accusure Insulin Syringes
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all Accusure Insulin Syringes. The distributed syringes are of the following descriptions and NDC numbers: 28G 1/2cc, NDC 0603-6995-21;28G 1cc, NDC 0603-6996-21; 29G 1/2cc NDC 0603-6997-21, 29G 1cc, NDC 0603-6998-21, 30G 1/2cc, NDC 0603-999-21, 30G 1cc, NDC 0603-7000-21, 31G 1/2cc,... - American Regent Recalls All Lots of Ketorolac
American Regent has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of ALL lots of its Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP 30 mg/mL: NDC# 0517-0801-25 30 mg/mL 1mL Single Dose Vial NDC# 0517-0902-25 30mg/mL 2mL Single Dose Vial (60mg/2mL) The recall is due to the potential that particulate matter in conjunction with crystallization may be present in... - FDA Given Teeth, Food Recalls on the Rise
Oct-20-09 Washington, DC Look for more action from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on food recalls , false advertising and false labeling—anything that appears to play fast and loose with safety or the law. In fact, it's apparent that President Obama's early statement about tightening the regulatory belt where it comes to consumer safety was no id... - Ford Hit With Largest Single Recall Yet in US History
Oct-15-09 Detroit, MI The automaker that beat the odds and charged through the US economic morass on its own steam has been hit with the largest recall in US history . It will be interesting to see what affect this has on an automaker that said "no thanks" to a federal financial bailout earlier this year and whether this recall was a total surprise, or they knew... - Mattel Agrees Settlement in Lead Contaminated Toys Lawsuits
Mattel and its subsidiary Fisher Price, have reached a tentative settlement that could reach $50 million, and ending litigation over its 2007 toy recalls. The toys, numbering in the millions, were contaminated with high levels of lead. They were manufactured in China and were part of a series of product recalls around that time resulting from poor manu... - At 3.8 Million Vehicles, Toyota Hit with Largest Recall in its History
Sep-30-09 Detroit, MN The one-time Japanese upstart that emerged to become the biggest supplier of vehicles to North America and set the standard of quality for everyone else to follow has just announced a massive recall that is easily the biggest in its history. Yesterday, Toyota announced the recall of 3.8 million vehicles due to a defective design . The p... - Foodborne Illness Puts Kids at Risk
Sep-28-09 Washington, DC According to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, there appears to be a severe disconnect in communicating foodborne illness recalls to US schools. Last year, almost 250 students contracted salmonellosis from schools that continued to serve contaminated food product days past the recall dates. If regulatory and investi... - Class 1 Recall of Medtronic SC Catheters and Revision Kit Models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notification to healthcare professionals of the Class 1 recall of Medtronic SC Catheters and Revision Kit Models: 8709SC, 8731SC, 8578, and 8596SC when paired with the Medtronic IsoMed Pump Model 8472, due to a design incompatibility resulting in a physical interference between the SC catheter connector and... - Toyota Prius Defective Headlight
The Toyota Prius is alleged to have headlight problems. Such problems reportedly include the passenger side headlight going out intermittently, both headlights going out and the headlights dimming with no warning. Some consumers say their car is less than two years old and the headlights have been replaced multiple times. In addition to being a potentially e... - Spinach Recalled Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Ippolito International, LP of Salinas, California is voluntarily recalling 1,715 cartons of bunched spinach, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The voluntary recall comes after routine random testing of bunched spinach in Michigan by the USDA Microbial Data Program, collected and analyzed by the Michigan Department of Agri... - Class 1 Recall of LIFEPAK CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators
The FDA has notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of certain LIFEPAK CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators (AED) manufactured and distributed from July 9, 2008 through August 19, 2008. An extremely humid environment may cause the affected devices to improperly analyze the heart rhythm and may cause the device to delay or fail to del... - California Firm Recalls Beef and Bean Burritos for Possible Listeria Contamination
Windsor Foods is recalling approximately 2,268 pounds of beef and bean burrito products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The following products are subject to recall: 18-pound bulk cases containing individually wrapped "BUTCHER BOY RED CHILE BEEF & BEAN BURRITOS." Each case of Butcher Boy brand burritos subject to recall... - Class 1 Recall Issued for Penumbra Neuron 5F Select Catheter
Penumbra and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class 1 recall of the Neuron 5F Select Catheter, used to remove blood clots or foreign objects from blood vessels. Due to a manufacturing error, the catheters may contain pin holes and exposed wire braids which may result in a brain clot or a blood vessel puncture, and this may lead to possible d...