Heads up, parents. A Maclaren Stroller recall is set to be announced on Tuesday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
A report from by ABC News indicates that in excess of 1 million strollers will be recalled by the company due to issues with children getting fingers caught in the strollers.
Model numbers have not yet [...]

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Shoppers from all along the northern East Coast are being advised to check their packages of ground beef following a death in New Hampshire and several illnesses in other states.
A New Hampshire died after eating meat infected with E. coli bacteria. Several children and adults from Rhode Island also became ill at a camp [...]

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Toyota Motor Co. is initiating a massive recall of millions of Toyota and Lexus vehicles to immediately remove driver’s side floor mats. It seems that the mats can get wedged under the accelerator, causing the vehicles to surge forward.
Strangely, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is warning drivers of the affected vehicles to not [...]

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Wal-Mart has issued a recall of approximately 1.5 million DVD players that they have sold.  According to Wal-Mart, the “value” DVD players could suddenly burst into flames because of an overheating issue.
So far, 12 customers have complained that the DVD players severely overheated, while 5 of the 12 customers say that the players [...]

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If you own a Honda, you’ll want to pay close attention.
Honda Motor Company said on Friday that it is going to expand a recall initiated back in November of last year by 440,000 more vehicles because of an airbag defect.
The recall affects certain 2001-2002 Honda Accords, 2001 Honda Civics, as well as 2002-2003 Acura TLs.
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Tanimura & Antle Inc., out of Salinas, Calif., has issued a Romaine Lettuce Recall.  The company is recalling one lot of romaine lettuce after a random Wisconsin Department of Agriculture test found salmonella contamination…scary.
The company recalled the lettuce, which had been distributed to 29 states, Canada and Puerto Rico, on July 20.  The trace-back [...]

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Attention parents!
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of the Simplicity drop-side crib.  About one millions units are affected.  So far, three children have died of suffocation.
The deaths occurred because the crib’s plastic hardware can wear down and deform causing the drop side to detach from the crib.  When the drop [...]

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Dunkin Donuts has temporarily halted the selling of hot chocolate and Dunkaccino products after finding out that the equipment used at one of its supplier’s facilities may have been contaminated with salmonella.
The Canton, Mass.-based company said on Tuesday that none of its products were actually contaminated and that this withdrawal is merely a precautionary [...]

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Nestle USA on Friday issued a voluntary recall of its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after several illnesses were reported by those who ate the raw dough.
The company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the CDC are both looking into reported E. coli illnesses that might be related to the ingestion of [...]

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Zicam recall based on the fact that certain Zicam cold and allergy products have a harmful side effect. Apparently, the product has caused a permanent loss of smell in over one hundred people.
The FDA has received more than 130 reports of people losing their sense [...]

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