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Statewide Recall for Large Organic Brown Eggs

March 30 2009

After an internal test revealed that organic brown eggs were positive for traces of Salmonella, the owners of den Dulk Poultry Farms, based in Ripton, California, have announced a recall...

Laptop Batteries Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

May 21, 2009

Hewlett-Packard Company is recalling almost 70,000 batteries, which can be used for notebook computers because it received negative reports from its consumers. Two incidents of the batteries overheating...

Coffee Maker Recalled Because of Burn Hazard

May 14, 2009

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recently issued a report about the Bunn-O-Matic Single Cup Pod Brewer. The company received 10 complaints...

Wisconsin Recalls Bagged Spinach

May 7, 2009

The state of Wisconsin has recently issued a product recall for the Kleen-pak brand of bagged fresh spinach. The business is based in Milwaukee, and the bags were mainly distributed...

President Seeks Stiffer Consumer Protections from Credit Card Companies

April 23, 2009

The White House recently said that the United States government should be doing more to protect consumers from exorbitant fees and interest rates charged by credit card companies. Executives from...

Sperm Banks Can Now Be Sued for ‘Product Liability’

April 16, 2009

A federal judge has just ruled that a sperm bank can actually be sued for product liability if it fails to find out that a donor has a genetic defect. A thirteen-year-old girl from Pennsylvania, who is mentally handicapped, is suing...

Reports of Internet Crime Jump 33 Percent

April 9, 2009

Reports of Internet crime jumped 33 percent in the year 2008 according to a group that monitors web based fraudulent activities...

Recent Study Shows Internet Crime Increased by 33 Percent

April 10, 2009

Reports of Internet crime jumped 33 percent in the year 2008 according to a group that monitors web based fraudulent activities...

FDA Advising Consumers to Watch Out for Potentially Contaminated Pistachios

April 6, 2009

Several Americans have made reports to the FDA that they suffered from gastrointestinal illness after consuming pistachios. Though an official recall has not yet been made for this food product...

Senate Approves Measure to Ensure Rebates Are Paid Out

April 1, 2009

According to the Better Business Bureau, many Americans are not receiving their rebates from companies who promise them...

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