Recalls

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 »

133, 000 US. and 36,000 Canadian IKEA ANTILOP high chairs have been recalled due to seat restraint safety concerns. There have been eight reports in which young children sustained minor injuries after the safety belt unexpectedly opened on its own. The high chairs, which come in blue, white or red, were manufactured in China between ... read more »

Just before Christmas the Consumer Product Safety Commission along with Build-A-Bear, announced they were recalling over a quarter million stuffed animals. The affected ‘Colorful Hearts’ bears were sold beginning in April of 2011 through December in the United States and Canada.  The stuffed animal is about 16 inches high with black plastic eyes. The bear’s fabric covering ... read more »

Wal-Mart has admitted to pulling a batch of powdered infant formula from stores across the nation after a Missouri newborn became gravely ill with a suspected infection and died. Dianna Gee, a  Wal-Mart spokeswoman, said Wednesday that the move is cautionary, pending the investigation conducted by health official into the death of 10-day-old Avery Cornett of Lebanon, Missouri. The boy was ... read more »

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced on its website that the 2010 and 2011 models of Ford’s Mercury Milan may fall off while driving. Ford has recalled 128,616 vehicles, due to faulty wheel studs that can fracture and cause the vehicle to shimmy and the tire to become unattached to the car. The automobiles were ... read more »

Front Row Produce of St. Louis is recalling grape tomatoes after random testing revealed the presence of salmonella. Packages of 10 ounce pints as well as 10 pound bulk tomatoes distributed by Rio Queen Citrus of Mission Texas are affected by the recall, and are available in stores and from wholesalers in Illinois and Missouri. Produce ... read more »

Ocean Spray has initiated a voluntary recall of various packages of its Craisins as a “precautionary measure”, due to tiny metal strands found in the product. To date, no reports of injury have been reported, and in a press release, Ocean Spray states that the hair-like metal fragments are not likely to cause harm to ... read more »

With a name like Smucker’s, it may be salmonella. The J.M. Smucker Company has issued a recall on certain batches of its Natural Peanut Butter Chunky over concerns that it may contain the salmonella bacteria. Salmonella infection can lead to serious illness and even death, especially in the highest consumer group of peanut butter, young ... read more »

U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that the Wegmans supermarket chain is recalling 5,000 pounds of pine nuts from Turkey due to possible salmonella contamination. The FDA said that the pine nuts are linked to at least 43 cases of salmonellosis in California, New York, New Jersey,  Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, citing information from the ... read more »

Kraft Foods Inc. has issued a recall for several types of its Velveeta Shells & Cheese single-serve microwaveable cups. Apparently, small, thin pieces of wire bristle may be in the cups. 137,000 Cases of the products affected by the recall were shipped to customers across the U.S. (but not Canada). Kraft, the country’s largest food maker (which hopes to split into ... read more »