Defective & Dangerous Products

• FDA Warning - Tainted Pet Food Still on Shelves

  Rick Patterson | April 16, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  You may have heard that the recall continues to widen due to the fact that the manufacturer received news from the Food and Drug Administration confirming test results from the University of California, Davis. The lab found cat food that contains malamine, which is a chemical that is used as a fertilizer and is also used to manufacturer cutlery. Although the pet food recall began almost a month...

• Defective Drug - Zelnorm - U.S. Sales Halted

  Rick Patterson | April 06, 2007 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Switzerlands larget drugmaker, Novartis, stopped the U.S. sale of its drug Zelnorm, which was used for irritable bowel syndrome treatment. This was done at the request of the Food and Drug Administration after people who were taking the drug had heart attacks and strokes.When data was reviewed in one study it showed statistically significant numbers of heart problems. In fact, one patient died...

• Tainted Pet Food or Home Cooked Meals

  Rick Patterson | April 05, 2007 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The pet food recall has been going on for weeks now. Instead of getting better things seem to be getting worse. The recall list is broadening. Most recently, some dry foods for pets, in addition to pet treats, have been added to the ever-increasing list of contaminated foods. "David York's dog Sophie gobbled down her usual lunch of chicken, broccoli and oat bran flakes Monday. It's a diet his...

• Organic Sounds Good After Pet Food Recall

  Rick Patterson | March 30, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Pet owners are at their wit's end. First there was the 95 plus brands of recalled pet food, when samples tested positive for rat poison contamination. Then today, the recall list widened yet again. Now dry food that was thought to be safe was added to the list today. Consumers concerned about tainted pet food are helping to increase the sales of organic and natural pet food sales according to...

• Contaminated Pet Food

  Rick Patterson | March 26, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Since the announcement of late, regarding pet food contaminated with rat poison, Menu Foods, which produced the food, has listed 16 deaths: 15 cats and one dog. The FDA has listed only 14 confirmed dead. There is no doubt that many are questioning those numbers. "That's such hogwash," says Jeff Burnton, 49, of Phoenix. He says his two dogs became sick on March 12 after eating kibble mixed with...

• Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food

  Rick Patterson | March 23, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  With the death and suffering of family pets all across the country, it has finally come to light that Aminopterin, which is used as a rat poison, is present in pet food that was produced by Menu Foods. Although that particular chemical is banned in the United States as an agent to kill rodents, it is used in other countries. The chemical was found at a level of at least 40 parts per million in...

• Salmonella Outbreak - Recall Extended

  Rick Patterson | March 12, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  By now, the word has gotten around about the Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter and the subsequent recall of Peter Pan brand peanut butter in addition to the Wal-Mart Great Value brand. The initial recall by ConAgra Foods covered peanut butter that was produced at the ConAgra Foods Sylvester, Georgia facility, and went back as far as December 2005.Things have changed. ConAgra Foods is now...

• Whirl Pool Products Targeted as Defective

  Rick Patterson | March 08, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The class-action lawsuit against Whirlpool Corporation includes anyone in the United States who purchased a side-by-side refrigerator manufactured by Whirlpool since 2000 and sold under the Whirlpool, Kitchen Aid or Roper brand names. The complaint was filed on Monday with the U.S. District Court in the western District of Arkansas. In Rush et al. v. Whirlpool Corporation, plaintiffs Paula Rush...

• FDA Widens Salmonella Warning

  Rick Patterson | February 27, 2007 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The warning, with respect to which peanut butter to discard, has just been widened by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Earlier in the investigation, the agency said that certain batches of the Peter Pan and Wal-Mart's Great Value brand peanut butter containing the product code beginning with 2111 might contain Salmonella and should be discarded. Of late, the FDA feels that all Peter Pan...

• Salmonella Found in Cadbury's Chocolate

  Rick Patterson | February 23, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The United Kingdom is apparently dealing with a salmonella outbreak of their own. It has been reported that more than one million chocolate bars have already been removed from shelves in the UK as a result of salmonella contamination. The cause of the presence of salmonella in the case of Cadbury's choclate factory in Herefordshire was a leaking pipe. According to a spokesperson for Cadbury...