USA Recalls

Tropical Valley Foods Inc. of Plattsburgh, NY, Recalls Next By Nature DARK CHOCOLATE BANANAS, 3 Oz. Bags

Tropical Valley Foods Inc. of Plattsburgh, NY, Recalls Next By Nature DARK CHOCOLATE BANANAS, 3 Oz. Bags

Tropical Valley Foods Inc. of Plattsburgh, NY, is recalling next by Nature DARK CHOCOLATE BANANAS, 3 oz. bags, due to undeclared milk and walnuts. People who have an allergy to milk and/or walnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. The affected next by Nature DARK CHOCOLATE BANANAS [...]

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Pentec Health, Inc. Recalls in Date Nutritional Prescriptions for Renal Patients

Pentec Health, Inc. Recalls in Date Nutritional Prescriptions for Renal Patients

Pentec Health, Inc. has decided to initiate a limited, voluntary recall of in-date nutritional prescriptions for renal patients due to lack of sterility assurance associated with one of its laminar flow hoods used in compounding. The recall covers renal therapies that were compounded in this hood on or before May 2, 2013. These therapies were [...]

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Zuliliy Recalls Deezo Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings

Zuliliy Recalls Deezo Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings

Name of product: Deezo boys and girls zip-up hoodies Hazard: The sweatshirts and jackets have drawstrings through the hood which pose a strangulation hazard to young children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines about drawstrings in children’s upper outerwear. In 1997, those guidelines were incorporated into a voluntary standard. Then, in July 2011, based on [...]

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Health News

Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Uterine Fibroids

Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Uterine Fibroids

Women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D, according to a study from researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomata, are noncancerous tumors of the uterus. Fibroids often result in pain and bleeding in premenopausal [...]

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NIH Trial Shows Promising Results in Treating a Lymphoma in Young People

NIH Trial Shows Promising Results in Treating a Lymphoma in Young People

Patients with a type of cancer known as primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma who received infusions of chemotherapy, but who did not have radiation therapy to an area of the thorax known as the mediastinum, had excellent outcomes, according to clinical trial results. Until now, most standard treatment approaches for patients with this type of lymphoma [...]

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U.S. Dementia Care Costs As High As $215 Billion in 2010

U.S. Dementia Care Costs As High As $215 Billion in 2010

The costs of caring for people with dementia in the United States in 2010 were between $159 billion to $215 billion, and those costs could rise dramatically with the increase in the numbers of older people in coming decades, according to estimates by researchers at RAND Corp. and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The [...]

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Safety News

Asda Finds Very Low Levels of Veterinary Medicine Bute in 340g Tins of Its Smart Price Corned Beef

Asda Finds Very Low Levels of Veterinary Medicine Bute in 340g Tins of Its Smart Price Corned Beef

The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Asda that very low levels of the veterinary medicine phenylbutazone, known as bute, have been found in 340g tins of its Smart Price Corned Beef. Asda is recalling this product and anyone who has Asda Smart Price Corned Beef should not eat it, but return it to [...]

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Patient Dies of Rabies Contracted From a Donor Organ

Patient Dies of Rabies Contracted From a Donor Organ

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done more than a year ago.  The patient was one of four people who had received an organ from the same [...]

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Lancashire County Council Finds 100kg of Horse Meat Imported From Hungary Labeled As Beef

Lancashire County Council Finds 100kg of Horse Meat Imported From Hungary Labeled As Beef

The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Lancashire County Council that it has identified 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labeled as beef. The meat was imported by Hungarian Food Ltd in Preston. Investigations showed that 40kg were sold through Hungarian Food Ltd’s own market stall in Preston, and through a shop in [...]

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Kids Recalls

Reed And Barton Recalls Gingham Bunny Forks

Reed And Barton Recalls Gingham Bunny Forks

Name of product: Gingham Bunny forks and spoons for babies Hazard: The pink coloring on the bunny’s ears can come off, posing choking and ingestion hazards to babies. Units About 4,000 Description This recall involves infant flatware from the Gingham Bunny Flatware Collection, sold three ways; as just the infant feeding spoon, in a fork [...]

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BabyHome USA Recalls High Chairs

BabyHome USA Recalls High Chairs

Name of product: Baby high chairs Hazard: The front opening between the tray and seat bottom of the high chair can allow a child’s body to pass through and become entrapped at the neck. This poses a strangulation hazard to young children when the child is not harnessed. Units About 1,100 Description This recall includes [...]

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ICandy World Recalls Cherry Strollers

ICandy World Recalls Cherry Strollers

Name of product: Cherry model strollers Hazard: The opening between the bumper bar and seat bottom of the stroller can allow an infant’s body to pass through and become entrapped at the neck, posing a strangulation hazard to young children when a child is not harnessed. Units About 830 Description This recall includes the iCandy [...]

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Avon Recalls Microwave Popcorn Maker

Avon Recalls Microwave Popcorn Maker

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Name of product: Microwave Popcorn Makers Hazard: When cooked too long, the popcorn can overheat in this popcorn maker and ignite, posing a fire or burn hazard to consumers. Units About 54,700 Description This recall involves Avon’s Microwave Popcorn Maker sold in the U.S. with item number 474-105 in Avon’s brochures and website. The recalled [...]

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Powell Company Recalls Anywhere Lounger Bean Bag Chairs

Powell Company Recalls Anywhere Lounger Bean Bag Chairs

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Name of product: Anywhere Lounger Bean Bag Chairs Hazard: Bean bag chairs without a permanent zipper closure allow young children to unzip, ingest or inhale the small beads inside of the bean bag chair, posing a suffocation and strangulation hazard. Units About 6,300 Description The recalled Anywhere Lounger bean bag chairs are 100% polyester or [...]

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Optimus Recalls Portable Electric Heaters

Optimus Recalls Portable Electric Heaters

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Name of product: Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters Hazard: The heater design can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the consumer. Units About 355,000 Description This recall involves two models of Optimus Infrared Quartz Radiant heaters with model numbers [...]

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