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Tassimo Coffee Recall

February 27, 2012 by · Comments Off on Tassimo Coffee Recall 

Tassimo Coffee Recall, The manufacturer of Bosch-brand Tassimo brewers announced a massive recall Thursday after receiving dozens of reports of second-degree burns, including one involving a Canadian toddler.

About 900,000 single-cup coffee brewers with plastic discs have been sold in Canada since June 2008, and another 835,000 have been sold south of the border, BSH Home Appliances Corp. and Kraft Foods said.

The disc that holds the coffee or tea, sold since last August, can burst and spray the hot liquid, posing a burn hazard. The company is now offering a free replacement disc holder for the brewing mechanism.

The company says it received word of the first incident involving the brewer within months of the product launch in 2008, and received the first report of a problem with the disc last December.

One of the incidents involving the disc affected a two-year-old Canadian girl, who suffered second-degree burns to her face. In the U.S. a 10-year-old girl from Minnesota was hospitalized after receiving second-degree burns to her face and neck in an incident involving the single-cup coffee maker.

In total, BSH has received 140 reports of incidents about the brewing system, including 61 from Canadian customers and 37 involving second-degree burns, Health Canada reported Thursday.

BSH spokeswoman Brenda Lynch said Thursday that after fielding the first complaint about the brewer in late 2008, the company implemented some “modifications to improve this very low level of complaints.” And following “extensive research and testing, we really believe the new T-disc holder for the brewer is going to further reduce the risk and is the best remedy.”

Under Canada’s new consumer product safety law, which came into effect last June, companies are required to report any serious incident involving their product to Health Canada within two days of fielding the customer complaint.

The threshold for reporting an “occurrence” is if the event “resulted or may reasonably have been expected to result in an individual’s death or in serious adverse effects on their health, including a serious injury.”

Health Canada confirmed Thursday the company first reported incidents to the department last June, just before the law came into effect. At that time, the manufacturer informed Health Canada of 76 incidents in North America.

Michael Foods Eggs Recall

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Michael Foods Eggs Recall, Minnesota-based Michael Foods has substantially widened a recall of hard-boiled eggs because of a potential for contamination with a dangerous strain of listeria.

The recall involves more than 150,000 pounds of eggs sold in pails for institutional use in 34 states, and has caused at least two supermarket chains – both of which used Michael Foods eggs – to issue their own recalls of prepared foods.

Late Wednesday, Michael Foods announced an egg recall covering 24 production lot dates, up from three announced last week. The recall involves Michael Foods’ 10- and 25-pound pails of eggs in brine – 15,000 pails all together.

There have been no confirmed reports of illness in connection with the recall by Michael Foods, the nation’s seventh-largest egg producer as ranked by the publication Egg Industry.

The recalled eggs could be carrying listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. It also can cause miscarriages and stillbirths. Healthy individuals can suffer high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The eggs in Wednesday’s recall, announced by Michael through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, were produced at the company’s Wakefield, Neb., plant. They were bought by food distributors and manufacturers in Minnesota and 33 other states, including Missouri and Illinois.

The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, Silverbrook and Wholesome Farms.

While the eggs were not sold directly to retailers, companies that bought the eggs could have used them in products sold to retailers or used in restaurants or food-service settings.

Listeria is a relatively common bug and is tested for “zero tolerance,” said Doug Powell, a food safety expert at Kansas State University. “So you get a lot of recalls without illnesses.”

2012 February Product Recalls

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2012 February Product Recalls, Safe Kids is committed to keeping you informed about recalls of child-oriented products. While it is important to be aware of all recalls, Safe Kids urges you to pay particular attention to ones in red, as they are associated with one or more child deaths. There are no recall-related deaths on this list.

February 3, 2012 – Bumbleride Recalls Indie & Indie Twin Strollers Due to Fall Hazard. Company to provide free front wheel retrofit kit

February 3, 2012 – Weeplay Kids Recalls Infant Bodysuits Due to Choking Hazard

February 7, 2012 – Consumer Reports issued a “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” for the “Dream on Me Bistro” high chair due to risk of slipping through and strangulation; CPSC is investigating

February 7, 2012 – Jammy Sammy Strawberry Jam & Peanut Butter Snack Size Sandwich bars are being recalled by Nest Collective because of a failure to warn on peanut content

February 17, 2012 – McNeil Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling Infants Tylenol due to reports of difficulty in using the new dosing system for the product. Consumers can obtain a refund. In addition, consumers may continue to use the product and view a short video on the Internet to help consumers use the new device properly.

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