Ground Beef Recalled in Oregon

The United States Department of Agriculture issued a June 2 statement regarding S.P. Provisions, a Portland, OR company and their product recall of nearly 40,000 pounds of ground beef products. The products were recalled due to concerns of potential E. coli contamination. The recall includes five- and ten-pound bags of ground beef as well as…

The national Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is telling consumers to put a full line of Hydroxycut products back on the shelf in a recent addition to their online consumer safety resource site. The FDA has established a link between these products and a range of liver conditions, including several fatalities, according to an internal…

After many years in the spotlight as a Superfund site, the town of Libby in Montana is getting some much-needed attention in the form of an 8 million dollar federal effort to study the effects of asbestos exposure on local citizens. The Libby Amphibole Health Risk Initiative will include intensive research to document and identify…

It looks like trouble for pharmacy company Matrixx Initiatives: A Federal Food and Drug Administration warning has SEC officials looking into reports over a drug called Zicam that could be responsible for an unintended side effect called “Anosmia.” For the uninitiated, anosmia refers to a loss of the sense of smell. According to an original…

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New Jersey lawmakers are reviewing a proposal to bulk up consumer protection for state drivers involved in “bad faith” situations, including those where a driver is hit by an uninsured party and needs to recover costs from his or own insurer. However, the response from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMICS), a major…