The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with General Wax & Candle Company of North Hollywood, Calif., announced a voluntary recall of silver metallic pillar candles sold exclusively at Bed Bath & Beyond retail stores. The metallic paint on the candles can ignite, posing a risk of fire.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Target Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn., announced a voluntary recall of the Circo Children's Space Camp Combo Pack camping set. The floor of the tent failed a flammability test and poses a fire hazard.
Authorities with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today the Suter Company is recalling 8.2-ounce packages of the "Bumble Bee Lunch on the Run Chicken Salad Complete Lunch Kit" and 3.5-ounce packages of "Bumble Bee Chicken Salad with Crackers." This is a nationwide recall that affects 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday, Dec. 6, that it will hear an appeal by Wal-Mart regarding one of the largest employment discrimination cases in U.S. history. The lawsuit, Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, No. 10-277, was originally filed in 2001 and alleges Wal-Mart discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women in both pay and promotion.
It was announced this weekend that federal cases involving defective hip implant parts manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, will be consolidated in federal court in the Northern District of Ohio under U.S. District Judge David A. Katz. The hip implant parts were recalled August 26 after research indicated patients who received the parts required a much higher than usual rate of revision surgeries.
Johnson & Johnson is pulling more product off warehouse and store shelves, this time for its heartburn medicines. The "wholesale and retail level" recalls include 12 million bottles of over-the-counter Mylanta and almost 85,000 bottles of AlternaGel liquid antacid.
Cochlear implants used to provide a sense of sound to people who are profoundly deaf or hard of hearing are being recalled by the manufacturer because the devices may malfunction and cause recipients to experience severe pain, overly loud sounds, and/or shocking sensations 8-10 days after the device was activated.
Once again, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announces a recall of over-the-counter children's and adult medicines. This latest snafu includes 4 million grape and cherry flavored Children's Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt Tablets, 800,000 Junior Strength Motrin Caplets, and 71,000 Extra Strength Rolaids softchews.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, inc., the maker of prescription pain medications Darvon and Darvocet, has agreed to withdraw the medications from the U.S. market. The move comes after the results of an FDA study in which new clinical data shows the drug, which goes by the generic name propoxyphene, puts patients at risk of potentially serious or even fatal heart rhythm abnormalities. The FDA determined the new data shows the risks of the drug outweigh any benefits.
The holidays, celebrated all over the country with strands of lights and glowing candles, can turn from joy to tragedy in an instant if some key safety measures are overlooked. Grim facts about injuries and deaths are not what consumers want to hear this time of year, but it's important to understand how you may be at risk and what you can do about it.
