Defective & Dangerous Products

• One Million Ford Vehicles Under Investigation

  Jessica Smagacz | October 24, 2008 12:56 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Preliminary investigations of around 1 million 2007 Ford motor vehicles by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just began. NHTSA received 37 complaints about the snap-in tire...

• Trucks' Teether Books Recalled for Choking Hazard

  Courtney Mills | August 23, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Advice On Salmonella And How To Avoid It

  M. Brandon Smith | March 25, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Doctor Randy Martin of Channel 2 news recently gave some great advice on the effects of salmonella and more importantly, how to avoid contracting it. With the recent peanut butter recall, salmonella has been in the headlines quite often recently and people should be aware of its initial stages and warning signs. As with most all food borne illnesses, salmonella poisoning often causes severe...

• Will The World Ever Go Back To Eating Peanut Butter?

  M. Brandon Smith | March 24, 2007 12:45 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In many households around the United States peanut butter was a common food product that could be found in most every kitchen cabinet and /or cupboard. But has that now changed forever? Will the recent peanut butter outbreak mark the end of a childhood staple? That is the precise question posed in a recent ABCNEWS article in which the peanut butter recall is discussed. Only time will tell the...

• Pet Food Recall-A Real Cause For Concern

  M. Brandon Smith | March 24, 2007 12:16 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The recent pet food contamination outbreak now has thousands of pet owners concerned about the health of their animals. The recall that has affected thousands of dogs and cats alike, has been attributed to causing renal and organ failure which usually ends in death. The surprising aspect is that the recall contains many high end brands of pet food manufactured and distributed by the mega pet...

• Pet Food Recall Linked To Rat Poison

  M. Brandon Smith | March 23, 2007 11:32 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The nationwide pet food recall has now been linked to an ingredient often used as Rat Poison according to agriculture officials. The voluntary recall issued by Menu Foods, a Canadian based company and manufacturer, has been a hot topic of controversy in the last week or so after causing the death of hundreds, if not thousands, of pets all over the United States. The FDA is still investigating...

• Dodge Durango Design Defect Could Lead To Fire Hazard

  M. Brandon Smith | March 18, 2007 8:26 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  Do you own a Dodge Durango? If so you ought to be aware of a potential fire hazard that can exist in a number of the vehicles relating to the wiring mechanism associated with their manufacture. This investigation involves a woman who owned a Dodge Durango that caught fire and completely destroyed the entire the vehicle without warning or other ascertainable cause. Dodge recently recalled a...

• Sleeping Aids Maybe More Dangerous Than Originally Thought

  M. Brandon Smith | March 17, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  If you currently take Ambien,Butisol Sodium, Carbrital, Dalmane, Doral, Halcion, Lunesta, Placidyl, Prosom, Restoril, Rozerem, Seconal, and/or Sonata you ought to be aware of a recent concern issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration relating to their use in connection with some very serious side effects. The drugs listed above are commonly prescribed to millions of consumers to address...