West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Defective & Dangerous Products

Castleberry's Food Company has recalled numerous products nation-wide due to a risk of exposure to botulinum toxin. The recall, which includes mostly hot dog chili sauces, is for all listed products, without regard to "best by" dates. Exposure to the toxin, which can be fatal, is already responsible for four hospitalizations in two states. Retailers are asked to remove all recalled products...

Federal prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges with regard to the 2006 nationwide E. coli outbreak, which was traced to fresh spinach from California. The companies being held accountable for the outbreak still face numerous civil lawsuits from consumers claiming to have gotten sick from the tainted crop, however.The outbreak, which caused three deaths and approximately 200...

The family of 11-year-old Krystina Brugh has filed a federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, Inc., claiming that the food maker's tainted peanut butter is to blame for their daughter's kidney failure. ConAgra, who produces Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter, recalled all of its peanut butter after government investigators traced a salmonella outbreak to its products. ConAgra is facing...

On May 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted health care professionals and their patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, CA.The company is taking this action due to reports of a rare, but serious, eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, caused by a parasite. ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a recall yesterday of Evenflo Embraceâ„¢ Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The product has been found to be unsafe when it is used as a carrier because the handle can release from the locked position unexpectedly. When the handle releases it can cause the seat to rotate forward and the child to fall to...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning to parents that small magnets from toys can pose a serious danger to children. According to the warning, hundreds of complaints have been filed with the CPSC stating that small magnets have fallen out of toys where they may pose a hazard to children who may swallow the magnets.There have been 33 cases where children swallowing magnets...

Menu Foods, which manufactures dog and cat food, issued a recall 60 million containers of wet food on March 17, citing contamination of the products. The pet food is sold under a number of store brands, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Safeway.Menu Foods makes pet food for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers, and is also a contract manufacturer for branded pet food companies, including...

ConAgra Foods has extended the peanut butter recall for its Peter Pan and Great Value brands to October 2004 due to possible salmonella contamination. The recall includes all peanut butter, as well as a number of topping products incorporating the peanut butter used in restaurants throughout the US.Numerous people have been sickened by the outbreak of salmonella caused by the peanut butter. ...

The FDA has indicated that the contamination of peanut butter manufactured by ConAgra Foods may have been due to dirty jars and equipment.Additionally, the recall was again expanded. The recall had previously included all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter made from May, 2006, forward, but now includes all peanut butter made by ConAgra at its Sylvester, Georgia plant from December 2005...

The peanut butter recall affecting the Peter Pan and Great Value brands manufactured by ConAgra Foods, and contaminated by salmonella continues to grow. Initially, the recall affected only those jars of peanut butter with a product code that begins 2111, which included all jars manufactured by ConAgra since May, 2006. However, it appears even more products are at issue.Today, the FDA has...