June 25, 2010 – Battle Creek, Mich. – Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) is implementing a voluntary recall of certain breakfast cereals due to an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package. Only products with the letters “KN” following the Better If Used Before Date are included in the recall. Products with a “KM” designation are NOT included in the recall. In addition, no products in Canada are affected. Kellogg’s® Apple Jacks® UPC 3800039136 1: 17 ounce package with Better if Used Before Dates …. »
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June 25, 2010 – NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury on Friday awarded $8 million in compensatory damages to a Florida woman who sued Merck & Co, alleging the company’s osteoporosis drug Fosamax damaged her jaw, nine months after the first lawsuit ended in a mistrial. Shirley Boles, 71, of Walton Beach, Florida, sued Merck in 2006, claiming she suffered dental and jaw problems because she took Fosamax from 1997 to 2006. “Today’s verdict is just the first step, but it’s important because the jury found that Merck defectively designed the drug,” Boles’s attorney Tim O’Brien said in …. »
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June 24, 2010 – Jessup, Maryland – Lancaster Foods, LLC is voluntarily recalling fresh Spinach with the Best Enjoyed By dates of 19 JUN 10 through 27 JUN 10 sold under the brand names Krisp-Pak, Lancaster Fresh, Giant, and America’s Choice because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall extends only to products with this Use-by Date or Product Code and sold in the following states: New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. The recall notification is being issued out of an abundance of caution based on a random sample test conducted by the North Carolina …. »
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June 24, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC),with the cooperation of seven firms, is announcing voluntary recalls of more than two million cribs to address drop-side hazards and other hazards that affect the safety of young children. The recalling firms are providing consumers with free repair kits to immobilize the drop sides or other remedies. Do not attempt to fix these cribs with homemade remedies. The drop-side and fixed-side crib recalls announced today are of units manufactured between 2000 and 2009 by the companies listed below. * Child Craft, (this firm is out …. »
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June 22, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Baby Walkers Units: About 8,400 Importer: Suntech Enterprises Inc., of Commerce, Calif. Hazard: The recalled walkers can fit through a standard doorway and fail to have sufficient stair-fall protection to prevent falls down stairs. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or …. »
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June 14, 2010 – Portland Shellfish Company, Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following brands of cooked, ready to eat fresh or frozen lobster meat: Portland Shellfish Co. Inc brand, Claw island, Craig’s All Natural, and Inland Ocean cooked, fresh or frozen lobster claw and knuckle meat as recent tests show the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal …. »
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June 9, 2010 – According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defect Investigations (ODI), Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling Model Year 2010 and 2011 Freightliners MT55 Chassis manufactured from June 18, 2009 through April 15, 2010, and equipped with certain Eaton hybrid transmissions with park feature. The reverse idler shaft may contact the part feature and the two components may bind, preventing the park feature from engaging. If the park feature does not engage, the vehicle can move without warning, possible resulting in personal injury or a crash. At the Gomez Law Firm, we …. »
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June 9, 2010 – A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer and four others were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash shut down the northbound 405 Freeway, backing up traffic for miles. The accident occurred about 8:35 a.m. as the officer, a 27-year veteran based at the CHP’s West Los Angeles station, was making a traffic stop on the right shoulder of the highway near the Interstate 10 interchange, said CHP Officer Miguel Luevano. A passing car veered into the officer, shoving him and his motorcycle forward into the stopped vehicle, Luevano said. The force of the …. »
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A 22-year-old bicyclist was hit and injured Monday night. The rider was traveling east in the bike lane on Cannon Road near Hemingway Drive about 11:30 p.m. when he was struck by a driver in a pickup, Carlsbad police said. The man suffered a head wound and a possible broken leg and was hospitalized, police said. The driver of the truck stopped. There was no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved, police said. The driver was not cited, however charges may be filed at a later date, police said.
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June 1, 2010 — A 25-year-old woman was killed Tuesday morning and two others were injured when her SUV crossed into oncoming freeway traffic and collided with two vehicles. Neydi Arely Ramirez, of Chula Vista, was heading north on state Route 125 north of Jamacha Road about 8:40 a.m. when for unknown reasons she lost control of her gold Ford Explorer and crossed the center divide, authorities said. The SUV rolled over and landed on top of a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser being driven by a 48-year-old woman, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said. The SUV then continued to …. »
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