Defective & Dangerous Products

• Easy Bake Ovens Recalled Due To Serious Risks Of Burns And Other Injuries

  M. Brandon Smith | July 19, 2007 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  If you bought an Easy-Bake Oven in May of 2006 or thereafter you need to be aware of a very serious recall that has just been issued. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has just alerted the public to a recall of more than a million Easy-Bake-Ovens due to very serious hazards it presents such as third degree burns and broken fingers to consumers. The oven being distributed as a purple and...

• Atlanta Area Child Affected By Veggie Booty Salmonella Recall

  M. Brandon Smith | July 08, 2007 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In a follow up to the previously discussed Veggie Booty Salmonella Recall, recent reports note that an Atlanta area child has been affected by the popular salmonella contaminated snack food. According to the AJC:State health officials declined to identify the youngster, whose infection was detected through a stool sample requested by a doctor. The doctor then notified the state public health...

• Veggie Booty Snack Food Linked To Salmonella Contamination

  M. Brandon Smith | June 29, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  According to the FDA and Robert's American Gourmet Food, Inc., a popular snack food called Veggie Booty may be linked to incidents of salmonella contamination. The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control have been made aware of more than 52 cases of salmonella contamination in consumers who ingested the popular Veggie Booty snack food. The specific strain of salmonella in this outbreak is being...

• Avandia And GlaxoSmithKline-More Controversy And Reported Threats To Patient Oriented Doctor

  M. Brandon Smith | June 06, 2007 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Issues surrounding GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia continued today in a recent article published by ABCNEWS: Doctor to Testify in Avandia Hearing on Hill. According to reports, Dr. John Buse was contacted by SmithKline Beecham in 1999 after noting an increased trend of heart related problems in patients that were taking Avandia. Dr. Buse was reportedly threatened by the...

• More Peanut Butter Salmonella Cases Identified By The CDC

  M. Brandon Smith | June 02, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In its first update in more than a month the CDC has recently confirmed 628 cases of salmonella in those people who ingested contaminated peanut butter manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc. The CDC Report, shows that citizens of 47 states have now been affected by the recalled Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. The actual effects and reach of the contaminated peanut butter far exceeds the...

• Peanut Butter Recall Linked To A Leaky Roof-But Is There More To It?

  M. Brandon Smith | April 06, 2007 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  According to the latest information, the roof covering ConAgra's peanut butter plant in Slyvester, Georgia is now being blamed for the recent peanut butter outbreak that gained nation attention last February. According to ConAgra, moisture from a leaky roof and an indoor sprinkler was the source of the plant's contamination of salmonella that affected the lives of thousands of people all over...

• Voluntary Recall Of Zelnorm Issued After Prompt By FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 11:02 PM | 4 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The sale of Zelnorm, (tegaserod maleate) approved in 2002 for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, has recently been suspended by its manufacturer, Novartis, after the drug has been linked to a significant number of cardiovascular risks. This decision was made after the United State Food and Drug Administration found the drug can lead to increased occurrences of heart attack,...

• Pet Food Contamination Linked To Dry Food As Well

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 2:34 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Initially the contaminated pet food recall focused on wet food that consisted of "cuts and gravy" produced by Menu Foods, Inc. Now the recall has been extended to a least one brand of dry dog and cat food called Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food. That food, along with those manufactured and put into the stream of commerce by Menu Foods allegedly contains melamine, a product used in Asia as...

• Menu Foods' Pet Food Recall Linked To Plastic Chemical-Melamine

  M. Brandon Smith | March 30, 2007 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  A recent recall on more than a 100 brands of "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food has now been linked to a chemical used to make plastics: melamine. Melamine, after numerous tests by the United States Food and Drug Administration, has been definitively identified in the corpuses of both dogs and cats alike. Since the pet food recall issued by Menu Foods, Inc., and the FDA it has been reported...

• Defense Verdict In Madison County Vioxx Trial

  M. Brandon Smith | March 27, 2007 9:57 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  In the latest Vioxx trial, a Madison County jury found in favor of Merck & Co. after deliberating for more than 6 hours over the course of two days. The jury members rejected Patty Schwaller widower's claim that Merck & Co. was to blame for his wife's sudden death linked to cardiovascular side effects. In siding with Merck, the jury concluded that Vioxx was not a "proximate cause" in the death...