Guidant Charged With Failure To Report Defibrillator Problem
Guidant LLC, a medical device manufacturer, was charged on February 25, with a criminal violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in relation to the safety of its implantable defibrillators....
View ArticleNew Early Detection System Helps FDA Identify Food Safety Problems
A new electronic early detection system utilized by the Food and Drug Administration logged 125 primary reports of unsafe food or animal feed in the first seven months of operation, keeping the...
View ArticleProduct Liability – Beware of Faulty Hurricane Window Film Promises
Just as we are half way through the hurricane season comes a warning to consumers about over promises some salesmen are making about window film, designed to prevent windows from sending flying shards...
View ArticleToyota Sudden Acceleration Liability Downplayed
It was just this spring when the news headlines were full of stories about runaway Toyotas that had caused personal and property injury and wrongful deaths. A panel from Carnegie Mellon University,...
View ArticleGovernment Takes Over Three Johnson & Johnson Drug Manufacturing Plants
CNN reports that government regulators took over three Johnson & Johnson (J & J) drug manufacturing plants on Thursday, March 10, after safety lapses led to numerous recalls over potentially...
View ArticleJ & J Recalls More Tylenol Over Musty Odor
There are more manufacturing woes for corporate giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) as the company announced on Tuesday, June 28, it will launch another recall of Extra Strength Tylenol Caplets. The...
View ArticleOffice Depot Recalls 34,000 Desk Chairs for Pinch Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) along with Health Canada and in cooperation with Office Depot announced on Thursday, August 18, the recall of 34,000 defective office chairs in the...
View ArticleOcean Spray’s Voluntary Recall of Dried Cranberries for Metal Bits
Consumers who like raisins tend to like the dried version of a cranberry, which is sour and sweet at the same time. But consumers should look at the package of Ocean Spray Craisins on their pantry...
View ArticleReport Claims That Kids’ Back To School Supplies Rife With Toxins
A recent report released by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) claims that 80 percent of vinyl school supplies it tested contained chemicals that have been linked to birth defects...
View ArticleFlorida Judge Rules Chinese Drywall Company Subject to U.S. Jurisdiction
In a victory for Florida litigants seeking damages, a Miami-Dade Circuit judge has ruled that a Chinese manufacturer of drywall is subject to U.S jurisdiction. From 2005 to 2008, hundreds-of-millions...
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