Category Archives: Food & Drug Recalls

Funfresh Foods, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls World Berries™ Organic “Cacao Nibs” Because of Possible Health Risk

FunFresh Foods, Inc. of San Clemente, California in consultation with the FDA is voluntarily recalling a single lot of its 6 ounce packages of FunFresh Foods™ World Berries™ Organic “Cacao Nibs” because they may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. Coli O157:H7).  E. coli O157:H7 causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody stools.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Select Lots of Spinbrush® Rechargeable SONIC Toothbrushes Distributed Between February 2010 and October 2011 for Possible Health Risk

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is voluntarily recalling Spinbrush Rechargeable SONIC toothbrushes because the charging base may overheat with localized melting and sparking, possibly causing fire, shock or burns. The risk of these malfunctions appears to increase with the age of the product.

FDA permits marketing of a new device for abdominal surgery

On April 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the first surgical instrument set that can be assembled and disassembled inside the body during surgery.

The Percutaneous Surgical Set is intended to be used during minimally invasive laparoscopic abdominal surgery, in which a camera and surgical instruments are inserted through one or more small incisions (surgical cuts into body tissue) in the abdomen.

Henry’s Farm Inc. Expands Recall Of Soybean Sprouts Due To Possible Health Risk

Henry’s Farm Inc. is expanding the recall of its Soybean Sprouts, to include Natto Soybean Sprouts, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.