Multiple Britax Recalls

On September 24, 2012, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Office of Defects Investigation announced a recall for multiple models of child restraints.  The first set of models numbers are listed below: BRITAX / Chaperone E9L692J BLK/SIL BRITAX / Chaperone E9L692K (RED) BRITAX / Chaperone E9L692L COWMOOF BRITAX ...

Voluntary Limited Recall Announced by Sunland, Inc. Because of Health Risk

On September 24, 2012, Sunland, Inc. announced that they were engaging a voluntary limited recalls for products containing almond butter and peanut butter.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that products containing the almond butter or peanut butter that were manufactured between May 1, 2012 and September ...

Drug Trial for Rare Degenerative Muscle Disease

On September 24, 2012, the National Institutes of Health announced the launch of a phase I and phase II trial for the drug called DEX-M74.  The drug is used for the treatment of a degenerative muscle disease called hereditary inclusion body myopathy, or HIBM. The disease, also called GNE myopathy, has symptoms that usually start ...

Elevators Recalls for Fall Hazard

On September 20, 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall alert for residential elevators manufactured by ThyssenKrupp Access Manufacturing LLC based out of Roanoke, Illinois.  Consumers have reported that the door can unlock and open at the shaft with no car present.  The recall is specifically ...

Warning for Consumers of Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter

The FDA has warned consumers not to eat a brand of peanut butter called Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Peanut Butter (with sea salt).  The announcement was released by the FDA on September 22, 2012, and the brand is found at Trader Joe’s stores.  The government is recalling the brand of peanut butter because of a ...

Arsenic in Rice

On September 19, 2012, the FDA released a consumer report that analyzed about 200 samples of rice and rice products sold in the United States.  The FDA regularly conducts studies that look at harmful chemicals in consumer products such as industrial chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, pesticides, and more.  In the recent analysis ...

Warnings of Intestinomicina

One September 18, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers to avoid using a drug called Intestinomicina.  The drug is manufactured in El Salvador and is marketed to treat infectious diarrhea and other gastrointestinal infections.  The FDA reports that the drug contains an ingredient called chloramphenicol ...

New MS Treatment Approved

On September 12, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug called Aubagio which helps to treat adults with relapsing multiple sclerosis.  The drug, also called teriflunomide, is a once-a-day tablet for the treatment of the disease.  According to Russell Katz, M.D., the director of the Division of Neurology Products ...

U.S. Warns of Mangoes from Agricola Daniella

On September 14, 2012, the FDA warned American consumers against eating mangos from the mango supplier Agricola Daniella.  The supplier owners numerous plantations and packing house in Sinaloa, Mexico.  According to reports from the FDA, Salmonella was found in the mangoes.  The FDA placed the Agricola Daniella on the ...

Using Technology to Predict Drug Side Effects

On September 17, 2012, the FDA released a consumer report that describes several kinds of developing technologies that could possibly revolutionize the way side effects are detected before a drug distributed to the public.  A large amount of drugs have been released in the last decade with unforeseen side effects.  One example ...

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