Defective & Dangerous Products

• AutoZone Booster Cables Recalled for Electrical Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | December 16, 2007 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  AutoZone, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of approximately 140,000 Valucraft Booster Cables. The booster cable clamps were assembled wrong resulting in reverse polarity which can pose an electrical shock and explosion hazard to users.The company has received four incident reports of reverse polarity that resulted in minor property...

• Lazy Lounger Chairs Recalled by Dick's Sporting Goods

  Chrissie Cole | December 01, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Dick's Sporting Goods, in cooperation with CPSC, announced a voluntary recall of 125,000 lounge chairs and recliners because the plastic support brackets on the chairs and loungers can break and pose a collapse hazard.The company has received 19 consumer complaints of the chairs and recliners collapsing. 17 of the reported injuries involved back pains and lacerations.The following products are...

• Holiday Ornaments Recalled for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | November 28, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Reeves International Inc. in cooperation with CPSC announced a voluntary recall of various holiday ornaments because they contain excessive levels of lead.Included in the ornament recall are: 2006 Snow Princess Stirrup Ornaments, 2007 Photo Frame Horseshoe Ornaments and 2007 Holiday Stirrup Ornaments.Consumers are advised to stop using the ornaments and to return them to the store of purchase...

• Topps Files for Bankruptcy After E. Coli Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | November 23, 2007 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Topps Meat company has filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate the company. This action comes after a massive recall of frozen hamburger patties. The hamburger patties were contaminated with E. coli and 21.7 million pounds of meat were involved in the recall. Topps recalled a year's worth of production -- 21.7 million pounds of frozen hamburgers -- after some meat was found contaminated...

• Metal Pieces Found in Cans of Girl Scout Cashews

  Chrissie Cole | November 15, 2007 1:28 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Girl Scouts of Santiam Council, in Oregon, voluntarily recalled thousands of cashew cans after small, spiral metal pieces were reported found mixed in with the cashews.The cashews were sold in Benton, Linn, Lincoln, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, according to the director of program services for the Girl Scouts of the Santiam Council. The council has received six reports of opened cans of...

• Curious George Dolls Recalled for Lead Hazard Risk

  Chrissie Cole | November 08, 2007 7:21 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  In cooperation with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Marvel Toys announced a toy recall of 175,000 Curious George plush dolls. The surface paint on the plastic face of the toy and hat contains excessive levels of lead. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.The toy recall includes Curious George 12 inch plush dolls with a plastic face. They come with different outfits:...

• Dunkin Donuts Recalls Glow Sticks for Choking Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 17, 2007 12:35 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Dunkin Donuts, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of one million orange and pink Halloween glow sticks that were given away for free with donut orders.The recalled glows sticks were not adequately labeled to warn consumers that the cap and lanyard can detach, posing a choking hazard to small children. The lanyard also poses a...

• Cub Scout Badges Recalled for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 2:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Boy Scouts of America issued a recall of plastic badges that are used to award Cub Scouts, because they may contain excessive levels of lead in the paint. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.Kahoot Products Inc., the company that supplies the badges, notified the national Scout organization earlier this week about its concerns that the totem badges may contain lead levels in...

• Kolcraft Children's Play Yards Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | September 28, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  425,000 play yards for babies and children have been recalled after a baby died while using one. Kolcraft announced the product recall yesterday. The recalled play yard has a possible strangulation hazard when used with the changing table attachment. In addition to the strangulation hazard, one of the play yards -- the Contours 3-in-1 play yard -- also has a suffocation hazard. That model...

• Topps Beef Hamburgers Recalled for E. Coli Contamination

  Chrissie Cole | September 26, 2007 11:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  New York agriculture officials are warning consumers not to eat certain Topps Brand ground beef because it may be tainted with E. coli bacteria.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service later announced, Topps was voluntarily recalling approximately 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef products.The frozen ground beef patties are available in two sizes. One of the...