March, 2011Lasko Recalls Box Fans Due To Fire Hazard
An electrical failure in the fan’s motor poses a fire hazard to consumers.
Continue →U-Prosta: Undeclared Drug Ingredient
Audience: Consumer ISSUE: USA Far Ocean Group, Inc. issues voluntary nationwide recall of U-Prosta, a product marketed as a dietary supplement that contains undeclared terazosin hydrochloride. Lab analysis by FDA of U-Prosta samples found the…
Continue →CPSC Warns: As Button Battery Use Increases, So Do Battery-Related Injuries and Deaths
Small, coin-sized cell batteries can be found in products in nearly every home in America. From the musical greeting card sitting on the table, to the remote control next to the TV, “button batteries” as they are commonly referred to, are in thousands …
Continue →Gerber Legendary Blades Recalls Combo Axe Due to Laceration Hazard
The knife in the axe handle can come out when the axe is used for chopping or hammering, posing a laceration hazard to the user.
Continue →Triad Alcohol Prep Pads, Alcohol Swabs, and Alcohol Swabsticks: Recall Due to Potential Microbial Contamination
Audience: Pharmacy, Consumer, Risk Manager [UPDATED 03/23/2011] Eli Lilly and Company notified customers not to use Prep Pads in black starter kits for Forteo [teriparatide (rDNA origin) injection].
[UPDATED 03/09/2011] Smith & Nephew issued a…
Hewlett-Packard Fined for Asbestos Violation
Oregon state environmental regulators fined Hewlett-Packard Co. $9,600 for improper handling of asbestos by a contractor during a remodeling project last summer. A flooring contractor removing carpeting at the high-tech company’s Corvallis campus disturbed 456 square feet of underlying vinyl tiles that contained asbestos. Workers for the contractor, Contract Flooring and Interiors, Inc. of Portland, may have released the asbestos fiber into the air by breaking up the tiles. Left uncovered, the material was allowed to accumulate. Once the danger …
Continue →Ocean Technology Systems Recalls Guardian Full-Face Diving Masks Due to Drowning Hazard
The purge assembly on the diving mask can disengage from the regulator, resulting in loss of air to the diver. This poses a drowning hazard to the consumer.
Continue →Second Infant Death Prompts Re-Announcement of Delta Enterprise "Safety Peg" Drop-Side Crib Recall to Repair
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Delta Enterprise Corp., of New York, N.Y. are re-announcing the 2008 recall of more than 985,000 drop-side cribs with “Crib Trigger Lock and Safety Peg” hardware. In January 2011, CPSC and Delta le…
Continue →Scotch Corporation Recalls Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer
The contents can leak from the cap when the bottle is turned on its side. When this happens, the cleaner can come into contact with consumers and property, posing a risk of chemical burns and irritation to the skin and eyes.
Continue →Government Takes Over J&J’s Tylenol-Making Factories
A government takeover of Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol-making factories may cost the company’s over-the-counter medicine sales and harm its credibility even more. The Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration announced the planned supervision of several of J&J’s McNeil PPC division plants last week. The agreement, known as a consent decree, will most likely cost J&J between $50 million and $100 million. Plants in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Fort Washington, Pa. and Lancaster, Pa. will face at least five …
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