Flashlight Recall

Flashlight Recall: Burn Hazard Cited As part of a cooperative safety effort in conjunction with Health Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall by Spectrum Brands, Inc. of two models of Rayovac LED flashlights due to a possible burn hazard. According to the recall notice, the batteries in either…

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Meat Worker Loses Arm in Accident

Meat Worker Loses Arm in Accident: Corpus Cristi Worker Injured In an extremely gruesome accident that happened on the next-to-last day of 2013, a worker at the Sam Kane Beef Processors plant in Corpus Christi lost his right arm below the elbow when it was sliced off by a meat saw. According to witnesses,…

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Salmonella on Chicken Caused by Roaches

Salmonella on Chicken Caused by Roaches As if their problems weren’t bad enough, having seen sales drop 25 percent in recent months because of a salmonella outbreak traced to their plants, a Foster Farms chicken processing plant in California that just reopened on Saturday after being shut down for a major cockroach infestation has…

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Buckyballs Recall Lawsuit

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently took the relatively rare step of filing a lawsuit to hold the former owner of an Internet sales sensation, Buckyballs, personally responsible for the cost of recalling the product, a prospect that could end up costing as much as $57 million. Buckyballs is a small desk toy…

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