The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with My Michelle of New York, N.Y., has announced a voluntary recall of about 90,000 girl's tops of various styles. The tops feature attached jewelry and decorative trim that contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public that the use of benzocaine, the main ingredient in over-the-counter (OTC) gels and liquids applied to the gums or mouth to reduce pain, is associated with a rare, but serious condition. This condition is called methemoglobinemia and results in the amount of oxygen carried through the blood stream being greatly reduced. In the most severe cases, methemoglobinemia can result in death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Arms' Reach Concepts, Inc. of Oxnard, Calif., announce the voluntary recall of the Arm's Reach Original and Universal style of "co-sleeper," a bed-side baby sleeper. When the fabric liner of the bedside sleeper is not used or not securely attached, infants can fall from the raised mattress into the loose fabric at the bottom of the bedside sleeper or can become entrapped between the edge of the mattress and the side of the sleeper, posing a risk of suffocation.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Key Baby LLC, announces a voluntary recall of Pampers (R) Natural Stages Infant Ortho and Bulb Pacifiers. The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards and pose a choking hazard to young children.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Infantino LLC, announced a voluntary recall of Troy the Activity Truck. Plastic beads on the activity truck's bead runs can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Nearly 55,000 pounds of Jeanie-O Stores brand frozen raw turkey burgers distributed nationwide and sold at Sam's Club Stores are being recalled because the burgers may be contaminated with a drug-resistant strain of salmonella known as Salmonella Hadar. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified 12 reports of infections in people ranging in age from 1 to 86 since January.
A type of catheter used during medical imaging procedures known as angiograms is being recalled by the manufacturer because there may be small particles inside the catheter that may cause life threatening health problems. The Class 1 recall involves the Mikro-Tip Angiographic Catheter, Model SPC-454D and SPC-454F, made by Millar Instruments Inc.
Nine people died and 10 more were sickened in six Alabama hospitals after receiving IV packs filled with nutritional supplements that were contaminated with a dangerous bacteria. The supplement packs were compounded by a Birmingham pharmacy called Meds IV. Beasley Allen attorneys are investigating claims related to patient deaths as a result of receiving the tainted IV fluids.
Irinotecan Hydrochloride Injection manufactured by APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a type of chemotherapy used to treat recurrent or progressive metastatic colorectal cancer, is being recalled because one lot of the drug was found to contain a fungal microbial contaminant.
ACCU-CHEK FlexxLink Plus infusion sets designed to deliver insulin to diabetic patients are being recalled by the manufacturer, Roche Insulin Delivery Systems, because of the cannula, or delivery tubing, can bend or kink, creating a potential for under-delivery of insulin.
