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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s deputy director, an individual who also spent a large portion of his career at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is leaving the NHTSA to go work for Google.  Because of his experience conducting vehicle safety investigations and developing safety standards for automobiles, he would seem ideally placed for his… read more

The Food and Drug Administration will be holding a webinar tomorrow designed to educate interested parties on how a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy works and what such a measure means for the medical community.  In the meantime, the organization is also explaining why an REMS is so important.  Basically, prior to the approval of… read more

Solid white albacore tuna in water of the Chicken of the Sea brand has been recalled by Tri-Union Seafoods because the label fails to state that the tuna product contains soy.  The recall only pertains to seven ounce versions of the product available in multi-pack containers from Costco stores in a handful of states, including… read more

We’re coming up on one of the biggest travel weeks of the year.  As such, thousands if not millions of people across the country will find themselves in unfamiliar environments as they crisscross the nation in a bid to spend Thanksgiving with their relatives. But with such alterations to the status quo come potential safety… read more

5-Hour Energy is the latest energy product to fall under the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration.  The agency is looking into 13 death reports that are alleged to have occurred after a user was exposed to 5-Hour Energy.  In addition, 30 people have reportedly been hospitalized following consumption, and 90 reports of adversity… read more

Members of Congress were left with potentially more questions than answers on the heels of a hearing called to figure out how a fungal meningitis outbreak was able to occur. The outbreak, which has already claimed the lives of 32 people and infected hundreds more, was the result of contaminated steroid injections distributed across the… read more

More than two years ago, an explosion aboard BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico cost 11 individuals their lives and led to gallons upon gallons of oil to be distributed through the gulf over the course of nearly three months.  It’s been a long time coming, but the Justice Department has… read more

Gator utility vehicles have been recalled by the Moline, Illinois-based John Deere because of a safety issue potentially presented by the fuel filter in the Kawasaki engines found on the vehicles.  On 4,340 TH, TX, and TS vehicles, this filter might be in danger of leaking, which creates a distinct fire threat if an open… read more

Approximately 220,000 PeaPod Plus and PeaPod Travel Beds have been recalled by the Libertyville, Illinois-based KidCo because the beds could pose a suffocation hazard to child occupants.  Meant to be used by young children up to around the age of three, the items are basically tiny tents with an inflatable mattress that goes beneath the… read more

Forty five types of cake items have been recalled by Publix Super Markets because of the potential for a Listeria monocytogenes contamination.  Maplehurst, a supplier, made the contamination threat known to the company.  At this time, there have not been any reports made in conjunction with the consumption of any of the seven inch chocolate… read more

We’ve spent quite a bit of time in recent days talking about how to keep safe while preparing for Thanksgiving.  In one of those reports, we touched ever so briefly on what to do if you plan to fry a turkey rather than pop it in the oven.  However, we feel that we did not… read more

Highway safety remains vital as we enter an age where technology can protect us in ways that haven’t been possible before.  However, some of those systems have not been implemented in a rapid enough manner, and the National Transportation Safety Board would like to see that change. The NTSB just released a list of the… read more