March 9, 2012
Torrance, Calif.-based Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said Wednesday that it’s recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles because of various problems. The recalls include about 495,000 Tacoma trucks made during the 2005 through 2009 model years that need to have their steering …
February 13, 2012
A Southern California firm is recalling an herbal female sexual enhancement supplement because it contains a drug not listed on the label. Irvine-based Regeneca said Saturday it will voluntarily pull RegenArouse after a Food and Drug Administration analysis confirmed the …
February 2, 2012
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally. The news …
October 18, 2011
Toymaker Henry Gordy International Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million over a dart gun set linked to three deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said last Friday. Its Auto Fire Target Sets were …
September 20, 2011
Automakers, including Hyundai Motor Co. and Subaru recalled more than 800,000 cars and trucks last week for defects including faulty airbags, according to federal regulators. Separately, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary defect investigation into 205,661 Ford …
August 31, 2011
General Star has launched a delegated authority platform to distribute its NutraAdvantageproduct nationwide. Wholesale broker Worldwide Facilities, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., has been appointed as the sole producer for this binding authority arrangement. Created by General Star in November 2007, …
August 17, 2011
A Cargill Inc. unit is being sued by an Oregon family who said their young daughter was hospitalized after eating Salmonella-contaminated turkey, the subject of one of the largest U.S. meat recalls ever. The lawsuit is one of the first …
June 6, 2011
A northern Illinois cheese company is voluntarily recalling some of its mozzarella products because of possible antibiotic contamination. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the Walnut Cheese Company in Walnut, doing business as Avanti Foods, is recalling certain products …
April 7, 2011
California lawmakers this week took a step toward enacting what would be the nation’s first law forcing rental car companies to pull recalled vehicles off the road, encouraged by a mother who testified that such a rule could have saved …
April 6, 2011
A Massachusetts woman is suing a Rhode Island bakery alleging that its pastries gave her son salmonella. Attorneys for Erin Carrera filed the lawsuit Monday against DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Carrera, of Rehoboth, Mass., bought pastries at DeFusco’s Bakery on …