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If you’re like many Californians, you’re going to take advantage of this Memorial Day to cook some food for guests.  But when you do so, it’s imperative that you not make those same guests ill.  To eliminate the threat of foodborne illness, you might thus consider some of the valuable prevention tips included in a… read more

Safe Kids Worldwide, as its name suggests, is an organization dedicated to ensuring the safety of children across the world.  It attempts to spread awareness about common dangers that far too often lead to serious personal injury.  In order to commemorate the rollout of a new Washington chapter of the agency, a new report has… read more

Today, the Food and Drug Administration will convene an expert panel to offer recommendations about a new insomnia drug from Merck.  The company is seeking the approval of suvorexant, which is designed to help people suffering from insomnia fall asleep.  In preparation for today’s meeting, the FDA has made their concerns about the drug known… read more

The San Francisco-based Foster Farms has announced the recall of Grilled Chicken Breast Strips Boneless and Skinless with Rib Meat, 97% Fat Free because the labels fail to declare the presence of the allergens soy and wheat.  Because of this, those who are allergic to those substances could be in danger of sustaining a serious… read more

Three types of products are being recalled by the Torrance, California-based LL Bakery because of the potential presence of an undeclared allergen.  The recall pertains to Italian Cream Danish and Butter Farm and White Farm Enriched White Bread.  Although an included ingredient statement does list whey powder, it does not explain that said powder is… read more

With Memorial Day just around the corner, kids are going to be getting out of school soon, and parents are going to start enrolling their kids in various summer camps.  But whether that camp is of the sports or the plain outdoor variety, parents must take pains to make sure their children won’t be put… read more

With many citizens across California taking to the road for a short vacation this Memorial Day, traffic will be heavy, and it becomes especially important to take the proper precautions around big rigs. In order to help drivers protect themselves and others around such vehicles, the California Highway Patrol, the California Trucking Association, and the… read more

Memorial Day weekend brings many motorcyclists out to take advantage of the warm weather and sunny skies.  In order to ensure the safety of such persons, the California Highway Patrol is launching a safety operation designed to coincide with the weekend so often heralded as the start of the summer. The CHP will be cracking… read more

We often take to this blog to warn consumers about trending circumstances which can lead to injuries.  Whether it be a defective product, an inattentive driver, or some other type of hazardous situation, the potential for injury in our modern day society could be endlessly explored.  But there’s one type of injury that goes largely… read more

The Senate Commerce Committee is in the midst of determining whether or not it would be advisable to push forward a law that would require rental car companies to fix open recalls prior to offering them for sale or rent, but that bill has now drawn opposition from groups like the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers… read more

The potential for particulate formation has prompted Sandoz to announce the recall of Methotrexate Sodium Injections available across the country and in Poland.  Lot CL0996 and Lot CJ4948 are impacted by the recall, which was initiated once a quality test of a sample product identified the presence of particulates.  If the drug, which is typically… read more

The High Point, North Carolina-based Lea Industries has announced the recall of 34 types of beds from the Lea children’s collection.  Each of the affected models would have been sold online and across the country between August 2008 and this past March.  At issue is the fact that breaking is a possibility in the side… read more