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Nearly three tons of ready-to-eat turkey products have been recalled in six states by a Toulumne County Farm. The recall occurred, Thursday, after a routine federal test showed a contamination with Listeria (a common source of food poisoning).Diestel Family Turkey Ranch agreed to recall the packaged turkey products that have been distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas and...

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Acer America Corporation in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has announced a voluntary recall of defective notebook computer lithium-ion batteries that contain Sony-made cells. Approximately 27,000 notebooks are affected in the defective battery recall. The lithium batteries can overheat posing a fire hazard.There have been 16 reports of the notebook batteries...

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T.W. Enterprises has recalled dog chews that may be contaminated with salmonella. Samples tested by the FDA indicate possible contamination.People that handle the dog treats can become infected, especially if they don't thoroughly wash their hands after contact with the chews or the surfaces that have been exposed to them.Healthy people that have been infected with salmonella should be monitored...

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened a criminal investigation after reports surfaced that over 100 hogs were fed contaminated food and later wound up on consumers' dinner tables. The hogs were slaughtered in California's Central Valley after ingesting feed that contained rice protein tainted with melamine, a chemical that has made many dogs and cats ill and caused several pet deaths...

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The U.S. Food and drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers about possible health risks from eating olives contaminated with a deadly bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a potentially fatal illness.The olives are being recalled by the manufacturer, Charles Brown di Rutigliano & Figli S.r.1, of Bari, Italy. So far, no illnesses have been reported.The recalled olives should...

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Listerine Agent Cool Blue Plaque - Detecting Rinse has been recalled by Johnson & Johnson, after the company concluded the preservative in the product did not effectively control specific micro-organisms.McNeil-PPC, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has recalled approximately four million bottles, which comes in Glacier Mint and Bubble Blast flavors.The company conducted a thorough assessment and...

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Bills designed to prevent E. coli contamination of spinach and other leafy green vegetables narrowly cleared a key legislative committee over the objection of farm groups, according to a Business Week article.The Senate Agriculture Committee approved three bills this week that would impose tougher standards on growers who cltivate spinach, lettuce, sprouts and other leafy vegetables. The state...

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Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday, according to an Associated Press news report posted on CNN's Web site. The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food as well as in wheat gluten used as an ingredient in the wet-style...

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Two Los Angeles residents have filed a lawsuit against Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada, alleging the cat food company is to blame for their cats' recent health problems, according to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, an Associated Press article published in the International Herald Tribune stated.The pet food lawsuit, which seeks class action status, is asking for unspecified damages....

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Digital Security Controls is recalling approximately 32,000 defective smoke detectors that could fail to detect smoke in a fire.The recall involves Digital Security Controls FSA and FSB series photo-electric smoke detectors. The detectors are wired into the building structure and do not require a battery. The dome shaped units have a metal mesh that covers the smoke sensor.The units were sold by...

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Relatives of five people killed in a car wreck in Ontario last week have filed a lawsuit blaming a defective tire for the crash, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported today.The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, seeks unspecified damages from North Carolina-based Continental Tire North America and alleges wrongful death, breach of warranty and negligence. The crash occurred March...

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Millions of children eat in school cafeterias that don't get the twice-yearly health inspections required by Congress to help prevent food poisoning, according to an Associated Press investigation. The complete report is posted on MSNBC's Web site.The article states that schools are supposed to get two visits from health inspectors every year. But one in 10 schools did not get inspected at all...

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Defective parts blamed for crashes. Families of several victims killed in two separate plane crashes in Indonesia are suing the aircraft manufacturers for manufacturing defective parts, which they say resulted in the crashes, according to a news report Thursday in The Australian.According to an Indonesian attorney quoted in the article, a lawsuit naming Boeing Corporation and United Technologies...

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100,000 Ryobi Router Table throat plates are being recalled.The throat plate can come loose during use and be ejected from the table top, posing a safety hazard and laceration risk.So far, the company has received three reports of the plates becoming loose during use. Two of the three consumers were hit in the nose by the throat plates and had minor bruising and cuts.The product recall includes...

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They failed to disclose a defective product.Toy maker Fisher-Price has been fined close to $1 million for failing to report a product defect, a serious choking hazard with its Little People Animal Sounds Farm, a popular children's toy, according to a report posted on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Web site.New York-based Fisher-Price has agreed to pay $975,000 in penalties because...

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