The Food and Drug Administration is once again the target of public ire over its seemingly glacial response to a U.S. consumer crisis. A recent story posted to Politico indicates that parents and their congressional representatives have begun raising serious questions about the amount of time that elapsed between the discovery of the first illness allegedly associated with infant formula contamination and the government’s response ...
FDA Under Fire Over Failure to React to Baby Formula Crisis
Posted March 22, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
1 Million Fitbits Recalled After Reports of Burn Injuries
Posted March 18, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
Google has initiated the recall of a million Fitbit Ionic devices after receiving reports of burns ranging from first- to third-degree from overheating batteries. The Ionic was in production from 2017 to 2020 and sold for approximately $300.
115 reports of overheating battery events have been received in the United States. 78 have been tied to injuries including four claims of second-degree burns and two users reporting ...
continue reading...Parents on Edge as Baby Formula Illnesses Continue
Posted March 16, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
The number of infants killed by the contamination of a variety of batches of baby formula at a Sturgis, Michigan Abbott Laboratories facility may have risen as another death has recently been reported and regulators question how many illnesses have gone unreported.
Information has also been made public that shows that reports of infant illnesses and their potential ties to the Sturgis facility continue reading...
Concerns Grow Over Baby Formula Bacterial Infections
Posted March 3, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Recall
Batches of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered baby formula were found to be contaminated with a variety of bacteria. The infected batches originated out of a Sturgis, Michigan manufacturing facility for Abbott Nutrition and may have caused at least one infant death. Reports of bacterial infections in infants that consumed the formula were received in Texas, Ohio, and Minnesota.
“Parents and caregivers of infants who have used ...
continue reading...Next Up on the Benzene Recall List: Anti-fungal Sprays
Posted December 6, 2021 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
As brands like Neutrogena, Coppertone, and Aveeno work to clean up the fallout after a string of recalls over benzene contamination of sunscreen, a new product group has entered the fray. Various lots of popular anti-fungal sprays are now being recalled over the same concern. Brands of the sprays including Lotrimin, Tinactin, and Odor Eaters have been pulled from shelves after testing found the presence ...
Settlement Reached Over Sunscreen Benzene Contamination
Posted November 25, 2021 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
Johnson & Johnson and Costco Wholesale Corp. have reached a settlement with plaintiffs over the recall of a variety of J&J sunscreen products found to contain benzene, a known human carcinogen. The recall was carried out by J&J voluntarily and affected four of its Neutrogena products and one that carried the Aveeno label.
The issue of sunscreen contamination took center stage this summer after online pharmacy Valisure ...
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