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• Stokke is Recalling Sleepi Crib Foam Mattresses Because of Entrapment Hazard

  Jenny Albano | August 23, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Stokke, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 1,000 Sleepi Crib Foam Mattresses because the mattress does not fit cribs properly and this poses a risk of a young child becoming trapped in the gap between the crib and the mattress.Only oval shaped Sleepi cribs with foam mattresses sold under the following model numbers are the subject of this recall: 660321, 660320, 660301,660305,...

• Carrots Recalled Due to Shigella Contamination

  Andy Childers | August 23, 2007 9:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A California company has recalled bags of baby carrots because they may be contaminated with Shigella bacteria. The carrots are distributed in Georgia, Florida, California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.According to the CDC:Most who are infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to the bacterium....

• Trucks' Teether Books Recalled for Choking Hazard

  Courtney Mills | August 23, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission announced in conjunction with St. Martin's Press that it was issuing a recall for the company's Priddy '"Trucks" Shaker Teether books. This recall concerns nearly 35,000 books sold at Barnes and Noble booksellers, among other retail outlets, between January 2006 and June 2007.The recalled product is a cloth teether book named "trucks", and it has a yellow...

• Motorcycle Accident Ends In Death For One Georgia Resident

  M. Brandon Smith | August 15, 2007 10:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A fatal motorcycle accident shut down all lanes of traffic on Georgia's I-85 In Gwinnett County today. The Georgia motorcycle accident reportedly occurred around 3:00 a.m. Numerous emergency personnel arrived on the scene just south of Hamilton Mill Road moments after the motorcycle crash occurred but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The facts of the accident are still being...

• Potentially Deadly E. Coli Outbreak in Brunswick, Georgia

  Andy Childers | August 14, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Three people in Brunswick, Georgia have been diagnosed with the same strain of E. Coli (Escherichia coli) bacteria. The particular strain is potentially deadly, and has one person fighting for his life in a Savannah hospital. His kidneys shut down as a result of the bacteria, but have since regained function. He is still in a coma as a result of swelling in his brain.Health officials in...

• Four Fatal Car Accidents Occur In Cherokee County Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | August 13, 2007 12:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The last two weeks have been deadly on the roadways of Cherokee County, Georgia. The Georgia State Patrol is currently investigating 4 fatal car accidents that occurred with the last week there. On August 4 one Hispanic male was struck and killed by a hit and run driver on I-75 shortly after striking the median in his own vehicle. The hit and run driver has not been identified at this point but...

• Club Car is Recalling Golf Cars and Other Vehicle Due to Mechanical Failure

  Jenny Albano | August 03, 2007 8:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The CPSC and Club Car Inc. are recalling about 1,900 golf cars, rough terrain vehicles, and hospitality, utility and transport vehicles. The steering gear assembly can fail, resulting in an unexpected loss of steering control, posing a risk of injury to the driver and passenger.The recalled products include numerous 2007 model gasoline and electric-powered vehicles that are used to transport...

• Update from Castleberry's on Canned Food Recall

  Jenny Albano | August 02, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Castleberry's Food Company announced that it is urgent that retailers, food service operations, food banks, consumers, and anyone else that would be distributing Castleberry's canned foods should immediately discard any recalled items. According to surveys and inspections from health agencies, some of the recalled products remain in retail outlets. Most of the stores that still contain the...