This holiday season saw self-balancing scooters known as hoverboards became extremely popular gift items, but a federal regulator issued a safety warning on the shipping of the toys after hundreds were found improperly labeled and packaged in cargo containers. The alert was triggered when investigators with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration intercepted…
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Chipotle is going back to the basics in an attempt to reboot their image after several outbreaks of E. Coli, Salmonella, and norovirus that caused illness to many customers across the country. The fast casual food chain announced that they are going to temporarily close their restaurants on February 8th to give employee training and…
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The final phase of market entry for Blue Bell ice cream is set for a two week period starting January 18, 2016. During this time frame, Blue Bell ice cream products will become available in parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. This comes after a CBS report in December…
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New Years is generally celebrated with bubbling champagne at midnight. An explosion of ginger ale on the other hand isn’t a great substitution of this old time tradition. Trader Joe’s of Monrovica, CA recently announced a voluntary year-end recall of its Triple Ginger Brew due to the bottle’s seemingly spontaneous combustion. This comes after the…
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On June 10, 2015, the popular Blue Bell ice cream company was linked to a listeria outbreak after it was found that their product caused 10 patients to be infected with the disease. Blue Bell voluntarily recalled all products a month before. Blue Bell opened up its plants in November after extensive retraining and cleaning…
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On January 4, 2016, the Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan against Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche (collectively known as Volkswagen). The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impaired their emission control systems…
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The first of six bellwether trials for claims remaining against General Motors Co. will begin this month in New York City. The plaintiff in this first trial, Robert S. Scheuer, suffered a vehicular collision in Oklahoma. Mr. Scheuer blames a faulty ignition switch for preventing his airbags from deploying during the crash. It will be…
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Carla Warner, widow of Willie Warner, has sued the makers of a diagnostic instrument and the machine designed to clean it after her husband contracted a fatal infection. Olympus America Inc. and Custom Ultrasonics Inc. have been sued over the safety and reliability of their medical scopes and machines. The suit filed in federal court…
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