Posts tagged Defective Products

• Acer Notebook Batteries Recalled

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Dog Chews Recalled for Salmonella

  Christina Cole | April 22, 2007 7:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Pet Food Contamination Recall Spreads to Pork

  Christina Cole | April 21, 2007 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Olives Recalled for Possible Contamination

  Christina Cole | April 15, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Johnson & Johnson Recalls 4 Million Bottles of Listerine

  Christina Cole | April 11, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Digital Security Controls Smoke Detectors Recalled

  Christina Cole | March 25, 2007 11:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Tire failure deaths promt lawsuit against tire maker

  IB Contributor | March 23, 2007 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Plane crash victims sue aircraft manufacturer

  IB Contributor | March 16, 2007 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Ryobi Recalls Router Throat Plates

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Fisher-Price Pays $1 million Penalty.

  IB Contributor | March 05, 2007 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...