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Is Your Fidget Spinner Dangerous?

Brianna Smith - May 19, 2017

You might want to put your fidget spinner down. The popular stress relief toy has recently come under fire by parents claiming it poses a choking hazard to young children, and their concerns aren’t unfounded. Recently a 10-year-old girl had to undergo “emergency surgery after choking on her fidget spinner, according to a viral Facebook post from the girl’s mother.” Fortunately, the young girl has recovered from the ordeal, but her mother, Kelly Rose Joniec, is working hard to “educate others on the potential dangers of the toys, which were originally intended as a gadget to relieve symptoms of ADHD and anxiety.”

The Honest Company Recalls Wipes Amid Mold Concerns

Brianna Smith - May 19, 2017

Parents beware! You might want to check what kind of wipes you’ve been buying for your babies. The Honest Company just issued a recall of certain lots of their popular baby wipes due to a “possible mold contamination problem,” according to CBS Miami.

Perdue Foods Recalls Organic Chicken Sausage

Brianna Smith - May 9, 2017

Another recall has been issued, this time for a popular organic chicken sausage produced by Perdue Foods LLC. The recall was issued after complaints started rolling in from customers claiming they found “pieces of blue plastic inside the product,” specifically the “organic Italian chicken sausage manufactured under its Harvestland brand.”

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CDC ‘Ends’ Vulto Creamery Listeria Outbreak

Brianna Smith - May 3, 2017

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued their final report on the deadly outbreak “traced to soft, raw milk cheese from Vulto Creamery of Walton, NY,” officially ending the outbreak. In total, eight people were confirmed with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes, and all of them required hospitalization.

Osprey Recalls Nearly 88,000 Child Carriers

Brianna Smith - April 28, 2017

Baby and child carriers are popular among parents, so it’s unfortunate that a popular brand is recalling thousands of child carriers. Recently, Osprey Child Safety Products and Osprey Packs of Cortez, Colo. decided to recall nearly 88,000 of their Poco child carriers currently being sold in the U.S. and Canada. What happened to prompt the recall? Well, apparently the carriers have been deemed unsafe because “a child seated in the carrier can slip through the leg openings, posing a fall hazard to children.”

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Foster Farms Recalls Frozen Chicken Patties

Brianna Smith - April 28, 2017

Recall Alert! The frozen chicken in your freezer might contain plastic. That’s why Foster Farms has issued a massive recall of nearly “131,880 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat breaded chicken patty products” because they might “be contaminated with foreign materials, specifically plastic,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

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Are There Golf Balls In Your Wegmans Hashbrowns?

Brianna Smith - April 27, 2017

Breakfast lovers beware, another popular brand of hash browns has been recalled. Why? Well, apparently certain bags of Wegmans branded frozen hash brown products might contain pieces of golf balls. The recall itself was issued by McCain Foods, and according to an FDA press release, the golf balls “may have been inadvertently harvested with potatoes used to make the product.”

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Campbell’s Recalls 4,200 Pounds of Popular Chicken Soup

Brianna Smith - April 25, 2017

A warning to Florida soup lover’s: Campbell’s Soup recently issued a recall of their popular chicken soup throughout the state. In total, about 4,185 pounds of the company’s 18.6-ounce cans labeled as “Campbell’s Homestyle Healthy Request Chicken with Whole Grain Pasta” have been recalled.

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Frito-Lay Issues Voluntary Recall Amid Salmonella Concerns

Brianna Smith - April 24, 2017

Salmonella is back in the news, this time resulting in a voluntary recall of some Frito-Lay chip varieties. Why the recall? Well, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported that there is a “potential presence of salmonella in the seasoning,” and though there have been no reported illnesses in relation to the recall as of yet, it’s best for consumers to err on the side of caution.

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Target Issues Recall On Popular Easter Toys

Brianna Smith - April 13, 2017

With mere days before Easter, Target has issued a recall for their Hatch & Grow Easter eggs and Dino toys due to concerns that they “pose an ingestion hazard that can only be remedied with surgery.” So parents be warned: if you purchased these toys for your children’s easter baskets, it might be time to nix that idea and pick up a new toy. So far about 560,000 of the toys, that “grow up to 600% its original size” when placed in water, have been recalled already.

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