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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Now that Christmas is over, were you thinking about taking a bite out of that festively decorated gingerbread house that's lingering among your holiday decorations? Check where you bought it first. Gingerbread houses made by Rolf's Patisserie have been recalled in 22 states by Whole Foods Market, the company announced, part of a larger recall of desserts from the Lincolnwood, Ill., baker, NPR reported. Products produced by Rolf's Patisserie have been connected to several outbreaks of Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning. All of the contaminated products were made after Nov. 1. The Illinois ...
Attention, diabetics! Your blood sugar may not be as low as you think. Abbott Laboratories, maker of the glucose test strips that diabetics use to monitor their blood sugar, is issuing a recall of up to 359 million of the strips, after concerns that they may present false readings of low blood sugar. A defect in the strip is limiting the amount of blood sugar each can absorb. The Food and Drug Administration warns, "This can lead users to try to raise their blood glucose when it is unnecessary, or to fail to treat elevated blood glucose due to a falsely low reading. Both scenarios pose ...
Home improvement giant Lowe's is recalling 11 million Roman shades and roll-up blinds after reports of two children nearly strangling in the cords, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. ...
Nov. 12 -- Japanese automaker Nissan (NSANY) is recalling more than 600,000 vehicles to fix potential problems on the lower steering column joint and shaft, and the positive battery cable terminal. The company said that corrosion on the lower column joint on certain Frontier and Xterra vehicles can lead to cracking of the steering shaft. Some Sentras may also have an issue with the connector on the positive battery cable terminal that could cause stalling at low speeds. ...
TOKYO (Oct. 28) -- Nissan is recalling 2.14 million vehicles worldwide including the popular March and Mycra subcompacts for an ignition problem that may stall the engine - its third-largest recall ever. No accidents have been reported that are suspected of being caused by the defect, according to Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. The recall affects cars in the the United States, Europe and Japan. A problem was found in an ignition-system part called the relay for vehicles produced from August 2003 through July 2006, including small cars like the March, Cube and Note, and about a dozen other ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Oct. 18) -- Tylenol caplets are being recalled by Johnson & Johnson after some consumers complained about a musty or moldy odor. That makes 13 recalls in barely a year by the health care giant, mostly for more serious problems with its nonprescription drugs, contact lenses and hip implants. The latest recall covers one lot of Tylenol 8 Hour caplets in 50-count bottles. J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit says the moldy odor is thought to be due to the presence of trace amounts of a chemical. McNeil says the recall is precautionary and the problems reported by ...
Ford Motor (F) said Friday it is voluntarily recalling 575,000 Windstar minivans produced from September 1997 through February 2003 to replace axles that may crack after exposure to road salt, possibly resulting in a crash. ...
TRENTON, N.J. (Aug. 27) -- Johnson & Johnson's artificial joint business is recalling two hip replacement products, just two days after getting hit with a government warning that it is illegally marketing two other products. It is the 11th J&J recall since September. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. said Thursday it is recalling two hip replacement products because new data, about to be released, show higher-than-expected rates of patients needing a second hip replacement procedure. Within five years, one in eight patients needed a revision surgery. That's required when an artificial joint doesn't ...
TOKYO (July 29) -- Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the steering lock bar - a component for the steering system - causing cracks to develop on the surface. In some cases, the crack can cause the lock bar to break, potentially leading to a crash if the steering wheel locks, the world's No. 1 automaker by car sales said. No injuries have been ...
(July 16) -- Talk is spreading about a potential recall of the 1.7 million iPhone 4s already sold -- a recall that Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi estimates would cost Apple $1.5 billion. Apple's once-pristine brand is suffering. ...
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