Category: product recalls
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All Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers from Mexico Placed on Import Alert via MyChesCo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that as part of its continuing efforts to protect consumers from potentially dangerous or subpotent hand sanitizers, the agency has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico on a countrywide import alert to help stop products that appear to be in violation from entering the U.S. until the agency […]…
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More than 24K pounds of beef recalled for being ‘unfit for human consumption’: USDA — News Bakerrs
The recalled beef products, from Chino, Calif.-based American Beef Packers, Inc., include boneless beef, boneless beef chucks, ribeyes, sirloins and tenderloins. This breaking news has been sourced from Fox News. Follow Bakerrs on Twitter We are Brrr..eaking News Across The World. Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel) is an American basic cable…
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Argos Ireland issue urgent recall on pillows and bedding products as they don’t meet fire safety standards via The Irish Sun
ARGOS Ireland has issued an urgent recall on 12 different bedding products because they don’t meet fire and safety standards. The popular retailer say 1,635 of the affected products were sold here. The Downland Bedding Company items which have been recalled are: Downland Duck Feather & Down Pillow Pair – Cat No 5325395 €36.00…
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VW Says Diesel Scandal Cleanup Will Cost 2 Billion Euros in 2019 via BCNN1 WP
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) cleanup of a diesel cheating scandal will cost it 5.5 billion euros ($6.25 bln) in 2018 and around 2 billion euros in 2019, Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter told German weekly Boersen-Zeitung. Since 2015, the German car making group has paid more than 27 billion euros to settle investor and […]…
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Medicines with valsartan: the list of medicines recalled – RTL.fr — Archy Worldys
New drug recalls based on valsartan were announced Thursday, November 29 by the Agency for the drug because of the presence of a second substance classified as probable carcinogen.One pharmaceutical companies are concerned by these recalls. Outages are expected, already warned the ANSM. With the ordered recall in July and this one, three-quarters of these… via…
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Recall: Birth Control Pills With Flawed Instructions Could Cause ‘Unintended Pregnancy’ — CBS Los Angeles
TITUSVILLE, NJ (CBS Local) — Janssen Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling three lots of a popular birth control pill due to a packaging error that could cause “unintended pregnancy.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the incorrect instructions can cause a consumer to take the pills in the incorrect order or take the “inactive reminder… via…
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Applying analytics to the product recall process via Jones and Robinson
Given the pervasiveness of AI and analytics across all aspects of operation, it is not surprising that these are also being applied to to the product recall process. This Deloitte article provides five top tips for implementing this successfully. The headlines are: Do not be overwhelmed by the data Do not wait for ‘perfect’ data…
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Ford recalls over 50,000 electric car power cables due to fire risk — Canoe
DETROIT — Ford is recalling the charging cords for more than 50,000 plug-in hybrid and electric cars in North America because they could cause fires in electrical outlets. The company says the 120-volt cords came with certain 2012 through 2015 Focus electrics and some 2013 through 2015 Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids. Ford […]…
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What are your rights if a safety warning or recall is issued on a product? — The Scottish Sun
CHOCOLATES with potentially-deadly salmonella or tumble dryers that catch fire: These are just a few of the products that have led to safety alerts in the past year. Last year, a range of food safety organisations investigated more than 2,200 foods and environmental contamination incidents across the UK. Whirlpool issued a safety warning for faulty…