The Kroger Co. announced today it is recalling select packages of pet food sold in some of its retail stores because the product may contain aflatoxin, which poses a health risk to pets. The recall includes products sold in Kroger stores in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., today announced a voluntary recall of the Flow Pro, Airtech, Aloha Breeze and Comfort Essentials space heaters. The heaters can malfunction, resulting in overheating, smoking, burning, melting and fire. This recall involves 2.2 million units sold at Wal-Mart stores nationwide from December 2001 through October 2009 for about $18.
Ford Motor Company recently announced it has expanded its recall of the Ford Windstar minivan due to problems with the rear axle, which can corrode and crack. Ford initially announced a recall of 1998-2003 model year Ford Windstar minivans in August. The recall included 575,000 vans. The recall covers vehicles sold in 21 U.S. States and Canada where heavy road salt can cause the axles to rust. Dec. 6, Ford expanded the recall to include an additional 37,000 vans. The expansion added Utah to the list, where road salt is used in some areas.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. is voluntarily recalling all lots of ROLAIDS® Extra Strength Softchews, ROLAIDS® Extra Strength plus Gas Softchews, and ROLAIDS® Multi-Symptom plus Anti-Gas Softchews (full product details below) distributed in the United States. McNeil is taking this action following some consumer reports of foreign materials in the product, including metal and wood particles.
Cough, cold and congestion tablets sold over-the-counter nationwide are being recalled by the manufacturer because the medicines were mislabeled. Bottles of Refenesen Expectorant, Select Brand Mucus Relief Expectorant, QC Medifin Expectorant and Leader Cough Tabs Expectorant, all of which contain 200 mg of the active ingredient guaifenesin, an expectorant. The recalled medicines also contain 325 mg acetaminophen, 5 mg phenylephrine, and 2 mg chlorpheniramine maleate, but the labels say the pills only contain 200 mg guaifenesin.
Wednesday, Dec. 15, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously to ban the future manufacture, sale and resale of drop-side cribs. The move follows millions of recalls of drop-side cribs and more than 30 infant and toddler deaths in the past 10 years. Safety officials say the crib design is inherently dangerous, with malfunctioning or improperly assembled hardware leading to crib rails detaching and child entrapment, which can lead to strangulation or suffocation. The new standard requiring cribs to have fixed sides would take effect in June.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with QVC of West Chester, Penn., issued a voluntary safety recall of enamel-coated 8-inch cast iron skillets sold through the QVC televised shopping program, at qvc.com and in QVC retail and employee stores. Small pieces of the enamel coating on the skillet can pop off when the skillet is heated, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
A group of guys from Vaughn Forest Church, along with a mission ministry called TREC International, learned about a group of homeless men who were gathering in the yard to drink and stay warm around a fire they would light in a barrel. The ministry started by bringing these men warm clothes, boots and gloves, and helping them with odds and ends, things they needed, and running errands for them. Eventually, the homeless men asked the missionaries – for that's what they are, even if their mission field is a little closer to home by most people's definitions – for a Bible study.
A device used to re-establish the blood supply to the brain in patients who are having strokes is being recalled because of a manufacturing error. The recall is classified as a Class 1, which is the most serious type of recall issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and involves situations in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of these products will cause serious health consequences or death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Meyer Corporation, U.S., of Vallejo, Calif., announced a voluntary recall of the Rachel Ray (TM) brand two-quart teakettle. Water heated in the teakettles can spill and spray while being poured, posing a burn hazard.
