Product Recall News

1,700 Pounds of Catfish Recalled From Mississippi Processing Facility

A Mississippi catfish processor is recalling 1,700 pounds of fish after the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that it contained chemicals banned in fish farming. The Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday that a Thursday inspection found the fish …

California-Based Sierra Nevada Issues 36-State Recall of Select Beers

California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall on Jan. 22 of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA’s and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off into the …

Texas Grocery Chain Recalls Raw Shelled Pistachios

The H-E-B grocery store chain has recalled some bulk and packaged raw shelled pistachios. San Antonio-based H-E-B said this week there’s a potential that the pistachios could be contaminated with salmonella. There are no reports of anyone getting sick. The …

Georgia-Based ConAgra to Finalize $11.2M Settlement Over Tainted Peanut Butter

Food giant ConAgra faces a court hearing to finalize an $11.2 million settlement – including the largest criminal fine ever in a U.S. food safety case – to resolve federal charges in a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds who ate …

XL Catlin Launches Consumer Products Recall Solution in UK

XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the launch of its Consumer Products Recall solution. It has been designed to meet the needs of manufacturers of a broad range of consumer products including toys, clothing, household goods, electronics and sports equipment, the …

Samsung’s Smartphone Recall Is Big But Far From Worst in History

Samsung Electronics Co.’s recall of its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphone will be one of the biggest recalls ever in the technology industry. The South Korean conglomerate pulled the plug on the entire product line and slashed its third-quarter profit …

Supplier Denies Listeria Was in Product Shipped to Blue Bell

A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries blamed for a possible listeria contamination of some of its ice cream said that its product tested negative for the pathogen before it was sent to the Texas-based company. Blue Bell …

Samsung Agrees to Replace 1 Million Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones in U.S.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. formally recalled 1 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in the United States, replacing or refunding the flagship phones, whose susceptibility to catching fire has damaged the image of the Korean powerhouse. Samsung received 92 reports …

Truck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed

A truck transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the embattled auto parts supplier said. The truck …

New Death Prompts ARC Airbag Probe in US, Canada

Auto safety regulators in two countries are investigating another deadly airbag problem that could affect up to 8 million vehicles. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada are looking into a crash in the Canadian province of Newfoundland in which a …