2012

The latest product to get the consumer warning treatment is a camera that could have a defective battery. Nikon is the company issuing the announcement, although they have stopped short of referring to the warning as a recall.  The alert concerns the company’s D800, D7000, D800E, and 1 V1 cameras.  These cameras all might use… read more

Working in conjunction with the United States Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has stopped almost 650,000 dangerous products from entering the country to be sold to consumers.  This was in the first quarter of the fiscal year of 2012 alone.  The first quarter goes from October 1, 2011 to December… read more

Westinghouse Lighting Corporation of Philadelphia has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 7,000 ceiling fans due to a shock and fire hazard. The two 60-watt light bulbs contained in the fan’s packaging exceed the fan’s lighting fixture’s maximum allowable wattage. Using the bulbs in the ceiling fan can cause it to malfunction putting users at… read more

According to news sources, recent efforts by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to clamp down on unsafe products entering through the nations ports have begun to bear results, with hundreds of millions of dangerous products reportedly stopped at U.S. ports to date. The CPSC is collaborating with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)… read more

According to several news outlets, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a statement announcing the settlement they have agreed upon between the Commission and the internet-based firms that have been allegedly selling contact lenses without asking consumers for a valid doctor’s prescription. The laws are clear, the sale of any type of contact lenses in… read more

According to news from the consumer reports this morning, the jacket heater manufactured by Columbia Sportswear comes with rechargeable batteries that may pose overheating threats to consumers. The company has announced that they’re issuing a recall of the defective products that are used to power the internal heaters present in the jackets. The news have… read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the State of Hawaii Food and Drug Branch have released an urgent recall of the following products: Hawaii Candy Fortune Cookies, Hawaii Candy Sesame Wafers, Hawaii Candy Petite Wafers and Hawaii Candy Ginger Wafers. The reason for the urgent recall was not made public. According to the… read more

Pepperidge Farm, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has announced a recall of some of the company’s Baked Naturals Sesame Sticks product after reports suggested small pieces of wire may be present, according to recent news sources. The Food and Drug Administration has heard from a few customers who received minor… read more

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has announced a voluntary recall of several lots of their birth control pills due to a packaging error, according to news sources. Select pill packaging was rotated within the packaging to obscure the lot number and expiration date, as well as reversing the weekly tablet order. Consequently, the daily regimen for the pill… read more

Kia Motors, in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has issued a recall of their Kia Sorento sport utility vehicles, due to a faulty airbag activation system, according to news sources. The recall includes 10,600 vehicles from the 2007 and 2008 model year in cars manufactured from June 2006 to September 2007. The… read more

Honda announced today that they will recall 310,773 of their Pilot model vehicles to reevaluate the seat belt stitching, according to news sources. The models subject to recall are from the 2009-2011 model years. The recall is limited to those sold in the United States. The issue is with the driver and front-passenger seat belts…. read more

In a press release, the UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser announced that they have ceased the production and distribution of their Nurofen Plus due to the suspicion of tampering and sabotage. The British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a Class 1 drug alert to consumers and healthcare professionals based on five reported… read more