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For some reason, I’ve become extremely interested in product recalls. I don’t know why, but it’s fascinating to me how often common, everyday products are recalled due to some defect or contamination. Maybe it has to do with my realization of just how much we rely on the government to look out for us, maybe a little too much. So again, for whatever reason, it’s become a pet project for me, and I’m just going with it.
I grew up listening to Paul Harvey. Some of you may remember, he did a daily radio show called, “The Rest of the Story”. He would dig deeper into the background of people, places, and things that you thought you knew, but probably didn’t know all there was to know. I guess I can credit Paul Harvey for planting a seed that has grown into an insatiable curiosity about “the rest of the story”. So going with that idea, I thought it would be interesting to followup on some of these recall alerts I’ve been keeping you posted on.
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Zimmer Hip Replacement Patients with a Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant have begun to contact lawyers for information about filing Zimmer Hip Lawsuits. Patients should review the latest Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant Patient information to see if they are affected.
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The recalled Fentanyl Drug Patch may have been a factor in the fatal, accidental overdose of ex-Wilco guitarist Jay Walter Bennett. Several types of the patch were recalled last year, primarily due to a leak that increases the risk of accidental overdose.
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Please don’t eat the cookie dough! Even if it’s cooked. Throw it out.
In response to the FDA advising them of reports of E. coli related illness, Nestle moved swiftly, and responsibly. Not only did they recall their Toll House Cookie Dough, they also immediately halted pending shipments, and closed the Danville, Virginia plant where the dough is manufactured, all within 24 hours of the FDA notification.
The CDC reports that 70 people in 30 states were infected with E. coli 0157:H7 between March 1 and June 22, Twenty-five of which required a hospital stay, and seven of those developed kidney failure. Please visit ConsumerAffairs.com for more details.
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With an estimated 15 percent of Americans using diet supplements to lose weight, the recent recall of some Hydroxycut products bangs the gong once again for us to be abundantly cautious about product safety. The FDA has limited control over the “dietary supplement” industry, an issue that has an up and a down side. It’s all an experiment and some side affects may not make themselves known until someone loses their life.
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Followup to the Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution recall of May 2007. People had serious eye infections, some resulting in blindness, due what the CDC identified as Acanthamoeba keratitis bacteria in the solution.
It seems the manufacturer, Advanced Medical Optics, had been receiving complaints for more than a year before the recall, but they failed to comply with a law requiring prompt reporting of these complaints.
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The Nevada company Chemnutra, Inc., and its owners, pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing a tainted ingredient, melamine-tainted wheat gluten, used to make pet food, which resulted in a nationwide recall of pet food and the death and serious illness of countless pets across the United States in 2007. Consumer reports received by the FDA suggest that approximately 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs died after eating pet food contaminated with melamine.
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6 deaths reported in connection with recalled chenille bathrobe.
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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health yesterday approved the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, sending the bill to the full committee for a vote expected next week.
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Serious Liver Damage Associated with Propylthiouracil - Graves Disease Treatment. The FDA has reported on at least 32 cases of serious liver damage associated with the use of propylthiouracil in adults and children, including twelve deaths and five liver transplants in adults, and one death and six liver transplants in pediatric patients.
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Federal regulators are keeping their promise to levy massive penalties against companies that violate the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which Congress passed last year in response to the tsunami of food, toy, and consumer product recalls in 2007.
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If you own a Mavik bike you’ll want to read this.
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KV Pharmaceuticals and Ethex Corp. announced a recall of their morphine pills in November 2008 after it was discovered that the pills were double-sized and might contain dangerous double-doses of morphine. The two drug companies are being sued by former patients for allegedly manufacturing oversized tablets that are suspected of containing potentially deadly overdoses of morphine.
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