Defective & Dangerous Products

• Salmonella Danger from Dry Pet Food

  David Rowell | November 12, 2008 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, despite reports and recalls in 2007, eight new cases of Salmonella poisoning in humans from contaminated pet food were...

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Sued Over Unsafe Chemicals in Toys

  David Rowell | December 06, 2008 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Two consumer groups, the Natural Resouces Defense Council and Public Citizen, have filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Product Safety Commision, claiming that the CSPC is not correctly implementing...

• Dangerous Toys Recalled by CPSC

  David Rowell | November 16, 2008 7:28 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of Swim 'N Score Dive Sticks. The toys, sold by Modell's Sporting Goods stores nationwide, are about 8 long and come in packs of 6 in...

• FDA to Update Food Safety Rules

  David Rowell | November 14, 2008 4:00 PM | 1 CommentFresno, CA

  Dismayed consumers saw story after story break in 2008 about food safety and the FDA's struggle to cope with domestic and foreign food contaminants: Salmonella, Listeria, Clostridium and other...

• Consumer Safety Recalls for 2008 Set New Record

  David Rowell | December 03, 2008 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A report issued by Consumers Union on December 2 contains troubling news for consumers, expecially parents. CU's report, title Still Not Safe, notes that 2008 set a new record for recalls by the...

• Lead Paint in Dangerous Toys

  David Rowell | August 17, 2007 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Mattel, which manufactures Barbie dolls and Hot Wheel cars, on Tuesday recalled almost 500,000 die-cast toy cars with "impermissible levels of lead." This is Mattel's second recall in a month; on August 2 Mattel recalled almost 1,000,000 toys, of various product lines, also because the toys were "covered in lead paint." Despite Mattel's efforts to stop distribution of the toys, almost 300,000 of...

• Hannah Montana Boots Recalled for "Trip and Fall" Risk

  David Rowell | October 21, 2007 7:19 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Payless ShoeSource, Inc. has announced the recall of about 90,000 girls' boots, made in China, because of a risk of injury due to "slip and fall" accidents. The jeweled, "Hannah Montana" engraved boots have guitar-shapped zipper pulls, which can get caught on each other as the child walks, causing the child to trip. Payless has received reports of five instances of children tripping due to this...

• More Tainted Beef Recalled

  David Rowell | October 07, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  About ten days ago consumers saw Topps Meat Company of New Jersey recall almost 22 million poinds of frozen ground beef patties, the second-larges ground beef recall in U.S. history, followed by Topps closure late last week. That recall was followed by a small recall by Impero Food & Meats, Inc., of Baltimore, Maryland. What was troubling about the Impero meat recall was that the same organism...

• Lawsuit Filed Over Mattel Defective Toys

  David Rowell | August 21, 2007 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Most people have by now heard about the defective products sold by Mattel, Inc., i.e., millions of toys made in China which are covered with lead paint, a potent neurotoxin. Those toys could lead to severe brain damage in millions of American children. On Monday, a Philadelphia law firm filed suit against Mattel in Los Angeles County, in part seeking to set up a medical monitoring fund which...

• Mother Sues Nalgene Over Chemical in Plastic Containers

  Jenny Albano | April 25, 2008 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A mother is suing Nalgene over the use of the chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, in its plastic containers. Nalgene Inc. announced last week that it will phase out production of its containers that...