Recalls

The Nestle Pizza Co. in Wisconsin, has issued a recall for some of their frozen pizza brands citing the revelation that plastic pieces were found in some of their DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen brands. Although there have been no reports of serious injury, the company is concerned the plastic edges could be sharp and ... read more »

Bumble Bee Food, LLC announced on Wednesday that they are issuing a voluntarily recall of some of their 5 ounce cans of tuna. The recall was issued after concerns of quality control issues were revealed. Apparently some of the cans were not properly sealed or seamed in the manufacturing process, leaving the possibility open for ... read more »

Kellogg’s has issued a recall over the potential for dangerous contamination inside some of their Special K Red Berries cereal. Kellogg Co. is recalling the Special K Red Berries series because there’s a possibility the products may contain glass fragments. Although Kellogg Co. claims there have been no reports of glass fragments found in the ... read more »

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada in cooperation with Baby Jogger LLC has issued a recall of  City Versa™ jogging strollers. The stroller is being recalled as a result of a reported six cases where the folding mechanism’s failed to lock. No injuries have been reported however. The strollers were manufactured between May 15 and ... read more »

Organic food retailer, Trader Joe’s, has announced a large scale recall of almost 5,000 pound of their store brand Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice on Friday. The ready to eat (RTE) product product was pulled from distribution last week over concerns of Listeria monocytogenes. The USDA issued a news release on Friday which stated: The U.S. ... read more »

Some packages of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size, Original Mini-Wheat and Kellogg’s Cereal Assortment Jumbo Pack (30 count) have been recalled per an announcement made by the Kellogg Company on Wednesday. The voluntary recall was issued following the company’s belief that some of the packages may contain metal mesh fragments. Apparently a machine part on ... read more »

Peanut butter made by Sunland Inc. and sold at Trader Joes and some other national chains, has been recalled for its ties to a recent salmonella outbreak. The creamy, salted Valencia peanut butter and almond butter is reportedly linked to salmonella illnesses reported by people in 18 states between June 11 and September 2, 2012. ... read more »

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced today that 4 million Bumbo baby seats have been recalled after reports of up to 50 babies becoming injured after falling off the seat. Of those injured, nearly two dozen of them were severely injured, suffering from skull fractures. In 2007, Bumbo issued a similar recall, asking for ... read more »

  Peg Perego has recalled thousands of strollers due to the rush of children becoming trapped between the trays on the stroller and strangled. The recall is for almost 223,000 strollers, which includes Venezia and Pliko-P3 strollers made between January 2004 and September 2007. Only stroller with a tray and one cup holder are part of the ... read more »

756 cases of bagged salad are being recalled by Dole because they could be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled bags of Seven Lettuces salads were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Florida, Alabama, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. Dole Food Co. says that the bags are being recalled ... read more »

If you think your keeping your children’s prying hands away from dangerous objects through those Safety 1st Push ‘N Snap cabinet locks you have around the house, think again. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of nearly one million locks on Thursday after receiving 200 reports that the locks don’t adequately secure the cabinets they ... read more »

The powder version of the popular Gerber ‘Good Start’ Gentle infant formula has been recalled due to gastrointestinal problems and complaints of a foul odor. Remaining cans of the recalled batch are being pulled from retailers shelves today. Parents are encouraged to check their stock to cross reference batch numbers and expiration dates: Batch: GXP1684 ... read more »

Johnson & Johnson is recalling it’s entire lot of grape flavored Infants’ Tylenol due to product design problems. The voluntary recall was issued after J&J received numerous complaints about their newly designed, plastic syringe which was supposed to prevent parents from over-medicating their babies. When parents bought concentrated suspension drops, they automatically thought the dose ... read more »

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall by Britax on some of their Chaperone Infant Child Restraint systems. The NHTSA found during testing that if a harness adjuster detaches from the seat, a child might not be properly restrained. Britax is offering replacement kits for free. Kits were made available starting February ... read more »

One million packs of Lo/Ovral-28 and their generics have been taken off pharmacy shelves today after the company announced that numerous lots had pills which were mixed up within their blister packs and out of order. This could potentially lead to an unwanted pregnancy as hormone pills and non-hormone pills were inter-mixed. It’s possible that ... read more »