Hettich Centrifuges Issues a North America and Canada Recall of Plastic Hematocrit Rotors

Hettich Centrifuges, Beverly, MA, is initiating a North America and Canada recall of
2050 and 2076 plastic hematocrit rotors that are used in combination with the Mikro 12-
24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges. These
plastic rotors have the potential to break apart resulting in pieces of the rotor to be
forcefully ejected through the plastic centrifuge housing.

MuscleMaster.com Conducts a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Body Building Products

MuscleMaster.com, Inc. (“MuscleMaster.com”) announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots and expiration dates of the seventeen below listed dietary supplements sold between June 1, 2009 and November 17, 2009 (hereinafter “Recalled Products”). FDA informed MuscleMaster.com that it believes that the Recalled Products contain ingredients that are steroids. Specifically, FDA advised MuscleMaster.com of its concern that the Recalled Products may contain the following ingredients that are currently classified, or the FDA believes should be classified, as steroids: “Superdrol,” “Madol,” “Tren,” “Androstenedione,” and/or “Turinabol.”

Parkers Farm, Inc. Expands Recall to Include All of Its Products, Regardless of Code Dates, Because of Possible Health Risk

PARKERS FARM, INC. OF COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA TODAY EXPANDED THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED RECALL OF PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE ALL DATE CODES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, AN ORGANISM WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTION IN YOUNG CHILDREN, FRAIL OR ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND OTHERS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAY SUFFER ONLY SHORT-TERM SYMPOTMS SUCH AS HIGH FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHE, STIFFNESS, NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DIARRHEA, LISTERIA INFECTION CAN CAUSE MISCARRIAGES AND STILLBIRTHS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN.