A chair is being recalled due to the risk that it poses to consumers using it. The item in question is the West Marine Deluxe Deck Chair manufactured by the Watsonville, California-based West Marine Products.  The chairs, which were produced in China, have wooden armrests and metal legs.  They’re blue and gray and have the… read more

The manufacturers of Suzuki GSXR1000 want to bring consumers’ attention to the fact that these bikes have had to be recalled because of a defect that compromises a rider’s safety.  Each of the motorcycles being recalled is of the 2012 model year.  A total of 4,969 motorcycles fall under the banner of the recall. The… read more

Certain products under the Santos Brands banner have been recalled, as the products might in fact contain undeclared peanuts and wheat.  Anyone with an allergy to these items who consumes the products in question could face a serious or even deadly reaction. The various products that fall within the purview of the recall were packed in the… read more

In response to a request from the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Kia Motors Corporation has issued a voluntary recall for more than 20,000 Kia Borrego passenger vehicles, due to a safety issue related to the vehicle’s service brakes, hydraulic pedals, and linkages. The model year 2009 Kia Borrego passenger vehicles affected by… read more

Two flat bed trailers manufactured by Elite Trailers Incorporated have been added to the ongoing list of trailers equipped Dexter Axle brand electric hydraulic brake actuator pumps that are being recalled due to a potential brake failure hazard. The Dexter Axle brand electric hydraulic brake actuator pumps installed on these two model year 2012 Elite… read more

Nearly 60 transit buses have been recalled at the request of the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration due to a potential roof hatch defect. The transit buses affected by this recall, 57 in all, are model years 2011 and 2012 Spirit of Mobility and Freedom buses manufactured between April of 2011 and March… read more

A judge is telling the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider their position on a petition filed in order to get the organization to look into the safety of animal feed antibiotics. In both 1999 and 2005, concerned citizens requested that the FDA withdraw medically important antibiotics from animals that would be used as livestock. … read more

New information is coming to light regarding a salmonella outbreak from a couple years ago that may have caused 62,000 people to become ill. The initial incident took place in the summer of 2010, when people across the country reportedly began to fall ill after consuming certain eggs.  A California cooperative known as NuCal Foods… read more

A new study casts a light on a growing problem affecting doctors’ pharmaceutical sample closets. The study, which was published in the new issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, involved researchers traveling to ten different primary care clinics around the Phoenix, Arizona area.  Those researchers inventoried the closets that were… read more

A new study has shown that consumers might not be receiving the notification that they need in regards to drugs that have been recalled. A group of researchers with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have looked at drug recall notices issued by the Food and Drug Administration between 2004 and 2011.  They uncovered a… read more

Another product has been recalled because of the danger it could pose to its child users. The recall was announced by the Miamisburg, Ohio-based Evenflo Incorporated, and concerns their convertible high chair product.  The item can transform from a high chair into a table and chair that toddlers are able to use.  There are three… read more

Yet another item has had to be recalled because its label fails to disclose an ingredient that could cause an adverse reaction in certain people. The Lake Mills, Wisconsin-based OSKRI Corporation announced the recall, which concerns its “Peach Granola” product.  The item in question was available in a 3.53 ounce plastic bag with a stamp… read more