A new government review of some of the most serious food recalls in recent years slammed the nation’s top food safety agency for not effectively protecting the U.S. food supply. The scathing review by the Department of Health and Human Services found that the safety of the nation’s food supplies was compromised because FDA did [...]
Ford bowed to pressure from regulators on Thursday and widened a recall of America’s top-selling vehicle, the F-150 pickup, because its air bags can deploy at the wrong time. The recall now covers nearly 1.2 million F-150s built for the 2004 and 2005 model years and some built for 2006. An electrical short can cause [...]
Ford Motor is recalling nearly 32,000 recent-vintage pickup trucks and crossover vehicles in two separate actions to fix fuel leaks and electrical shorts that may lead to fires, according to a notice posted Wednesday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. The largest of the twin recalls involves 23,688 Ford Ranger compact pickups from [...]
Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to recall an additional 2.17 million U.S. vehicles due to floor-mat problems. Regulators said the action ends a U.S. probe of the issue. Thursday’s recall of certain vehicles dating back to the 2003 model year is aimed at addressing flaws that could lead to a floor mat interfering with the accelerator [...]
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that it would recall 144,000 F-150 pickup trucks because front-seat airbags could inflate without the vehicle being involved in a collision. The recall involves trucks built at Ford’s now-closed Norfolk, Va., factory from November 2004 to June 2005 and sold in the 2005 and 2006 model years. The automaker said [...]
Ford Motor (F) is recalling about 360,000 of its popular F-150 pickup trucks in North America to repair faulty interior door handles that may allow the doors to pop open during a crash. The recall involves F-150 pickups from the 2009-10 model years equipped with chrome interior door handles. Of the total, 280,946 were sold [...]
Following notification from its supplier, State Garden, Giant Foods has announced a voluntary recall of several Nature’s Promise organic bagged salad items due to the potential for listeria contamination. Affected products contain a use-by date of Jan. 15. The following products are affected: Nature’s Promise Organic Baby Arugula, 7 oz., UPC 688267049439 Nature’s Promise Organic [...]
For those who thought Toyota Motor’s (TM) massive recalls were so last year, think again. The world’s largest automaker announced late Tuesday that it’s recalling 1.7 million cars worldwide to fix defective parts, including leaky fuel systems. Most of the vehicles involved in the recall are Japanese. In the U.S., the recall involves 245,000 luxury [...]
Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. is recalling more than 200,000 play yards sold under the Disney-Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer brands due to a risk of suffocation, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced. The metal bars supporting the bassinet floor can come out of the fabric sleeves, making the sleeping surface uneven posing the risk [...]
Johnson & Johnson is expanding a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Caplets due to consumer reports of a moldy smell that can cause nausea and stomach pain. According to a statement on the Food and Drug Administration Web site, the New Brunswick, N.J., company is now recalling all product lots of the Arthritis Pain Caplet [...]
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