Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration, Rite Aid has initiated a voluntary chainwide recall of approximately 85,000 tins of butter cookies distributed by Rite Aid under the Rich Fields brand name because of the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus. This microorganism may cause diarrhea, nausea and/or vomiting; however, the possibility of [...]
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Spin Master, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, and Spin Master Ltd. of Toronto, Canada, (“Spin Master”) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,300,000. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission (5-0). The settlement resolves staff allegations that Spin Master knowingly failed to report [...]
In response to a need for proper concussion education in sports, PAR has seen overwhelming support following the release of the Concussion Recognition & Response™ (CRR) app. Several organizations have shown their support of the CRR and have partnered up with PAR, Inc. to promote this handy concussion education tool. In less than five minutes, [...]
From a fall resulting in a dislocated shoulder, to an open flame resulting in second degree burns, each year CPSC receives reports of injuries involving Halloween-related costumes, decor, and lighting. These incidents are preventable. Using CPSC’s three-step safety check, consumers can ensure that their fright night fun is not haunted by Halloween injuries. “Too often Halloween make believe has resulted in [...]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Children’s Frog Masks Units: About 3,400 Importer: Target [...]
Parents of children killed in teen-related crashes joined today to mark “National Teen Driver Safety Week”, October 16-22, and to urge Congress to pass federal legislation to protect new teen drivers. Bipartisan legislation known as the STANDUP Act (Safe Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act) (H.R. 1515/ S.528) has been introduced in the House by [...]
Oct 19 2011 | Posted in
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Encision Inc. (ECIA:PK), a medical device company owning patented surgical technology that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, announced today that it initiated a voluntary recall on August 24, 2011 of certain electrode tips used in its AEM® surgical systems after determining that certain tips could become susceptible to breaking off [...]
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According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as likely to crash as they are after two full [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Henry Gordy International, Inc. (Henry Gordy), of Plainfield, N.J., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,100,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5–0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff’s allegations that Henry Gordy knowingly failed to report [...]
Nearly every traffic accident caused by driver error – up to 90 percent of all crashes – could be eliminated if existing intelligent transportation technologies were implemented in our vehicles and roads, say experts at IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association. These include electronics and computing technologies such as in-vehicle machine vision and sensors to [...]
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
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