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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

Hyundai Kia America Technical Center Incorporated has announced the voluntary recall of Kia Rios manufactured between February of 2005 and December of 2007 due to a potential air bag related safety hazard posed to small children. The model year 2006 through model year 2008 Kia Rios affected by this recall, issued in response to a… read more

The ongoing recall affecting trailers equipped with Dexter Axle Brand electric hydraulic brake actuator pumps has been expanded to include a trailer manufactured by the Belmont Machine Company. This recall expansion has been announced in cooperation with a request from the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in response to a potential brake failure… read more

A possible personal injury hazard created by a window detachment issue has prompted a voluntary recall for more than 120 Foretravel recreational vehicles. This recall, which affects model year 2007 through model year 2010 Phenix and model year 2007 through model year 2011 Nimbus recreational vehicles equipped with SE-GI windows, has been announced in cooperation… read more

Ford Motor Company, at the request of the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has issued a voluntary recall for 128 Lincoln vehicles equipped with the limousine or hearse preparation packages, due to a potential safety issue related to the vehicles’ service brakes and air disc brake rotors. The vehicles affected by this recall… read more

At the request of the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Daimler Trucks of North America has announced a voluntary recall for nearly 2,300 of its Freightliner Custom Chassis Incomplete Motorhome Chasses equipped with the Bosch Hydraulic Disc Brake. These chasses were manufactured between March of 2005 and July of 2011 for sale during… read more

It’s becoming harder and harder for drivers who want to text or talk on their cell phone to engage in that practice and not put themselves at risk of incurring a substantial financial penalty. New Jersey already has laws on the books banning any cell phone usage while behind the wheel of a vehicle, putting… read more