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A Few More Recalls: Bunny Sippy Cups, Plastic Rattles, And Instant Knives
By Laura Northrup on April 27, 2012 11:30 AM
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The Consumer Products Safety Commission announced these three recalls were announced too late to make yesterday's Recall Roundup, but we wanted to share them as soon as possible since two of them could affect small children. We don't want to see anyone get hurt, ever, but a little kid getting poked in the eye by an Easter-themed sippy cup shaped like a smiling bunny? That's particularly undignified. More »
Consumer Groups Ask FDA To Stop This "Corn Sugar" Silliness Already
By Chris Morran on April 17, 2012 12:45 PM
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It's been nearly two years since the Corn Refiners Association began running ads referring to High Fructose Corn Syrup as "corn sugar," in spite of the fact that the Food & Drug Administration hadn't yet approved this name change for food labels. The FDA still hasn't gotten around to making a decision on the matter, and a number of consumer groups are tired of waiting for a decision. More »
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Today Is World Consumer Rights Day... Where Are All The Doorbuster Sales?
By consumerist.com on March 15, 2012 1:03 PM
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On March 15, 1962, President Kennedy addressed Congress and called for everyone to recognize four basic consumer rights — the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be heard. It's a message worth repeating. More »
Unsafe Kitchen Appliances Account For 1 In 3 Consumer Complaints
By Chris Morran on March 9, 2012 11:31 AM
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It's been one year since the Consumer Product Safety Commission launched its SaferProducts.gov portal for consumers to post reports of unsafe items. With thousands of complaints filed in the last 12 months, it's already become clear that kitchen appliances dominate consumers' safety concerns. More »
Report: Recalled Products From Meijer Pop Up For Sale Elsewhere
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 7, 2012 4:00 PM
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says products that were already recalled from Meijer stores where they were sold exclusively were then sold at discount retailers, dollar stores, liquidation forms, flea markets and thrift stores around the country. Yikes. More »
The FDA Wants To Make Sure Inhalable Caffeine Canisters Are Safe Before You Huff
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 21, 2012 10:00 AM
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We already make jokes about being so addicted to caffeine we need a constant IV drip in order to function, so now that a company is making an inhalable form of the beloved substance, the Food and Drug Administration is preparing to check into things just to make sure it's safe for consumers to go huffing away at it. More »
A Million Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers Recalled For Possibility They'll Spew Molten Coffee
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 9, 2012 10:00 AM
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If you love the simple joy of brewing up your own cup of hot coffee at home in the morning, be careful — more than a million Tassimo single-cup brewers have been recalled after the Consumer Product Safety Commission says they're spraying hot liquid, coffee grounds or tea leaves onto people. More »
HP Recalls 1 Million Fax Machines Because "Fire" Is Not A Paper-Friendly Feature
By Paul Eng on February 2, 2012 2:30 PM
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Hewlett-Packard has announced a recall of more than one million HP Fax 1040 and 1050 fax machines in North America because the machines have faulty internal electric components that can fail, causing the machines to overheat and possibly catch fire. More »
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Pampered Chef Ice Cream Scoops Recalled, Could Fly Off Their Own Handles
By Laura Northrup on December 21, 2011 9:30 AM
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Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices are hilarious in their understatement. Take this current recall of Pampered Chef ice cream scoops: the problem is described in the press release headline as an "Impact Injury Hazard." Translation: if you put this scoop in warm water, the cap at the end may pop off and hit you. Or your kitchen appliances. More »
Build-A-Bear Agrees To Pay $600K For Failing To Report Toy Chairs That Could Snap Off Fingers
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 19, 2011 2:00 PM
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Reading about a defective Build-A-Bear product can conjure up visions of bears coming to life to chase terrified children. The good news is that's not happening, but the company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $600,000 for failing to report toy beach chairs that resulted in injuries — including possible finger amputation. More »
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Knife Printed With 'USA Quality Guarantee' Is, Of Course, Made In China
By Laura Northrup on December 14, 2011 1:30 PM
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Think quickly: if you saw the "USA Quality Guarantee" seal on a product you found in a store, where would you assume that it had been manufactured? If you guessed "China," you're an awfully cynical person. You are, however, correct.
Reader Stuart, who writes a blog about tools, noticed this little badge of dishonor on a knife for sale at Home Depot. If it's not meant to make customers think that the knife was made in the USA, then are the words just for decoration? More »
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That Honey In Your Cabinet Probably Isn't Honey
By Phil Villarreal on November 9, 2011 10:30 AM
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Most of the honey on store shelves isn't the genuine article. This according to testing findings, which found that most products labeled as honey are actually flower nectar with pollen filtered out. This filtering process disqualifies the product form passing most worldwide quality standards. More »
This Halloween Toy Could Also Be Used To Harden Dental Composite Material
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2011 12:15 PM
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A dentist in California was recently looking at the little Halloween toy — a black cat whose eyes glow blue when you press a button — and thought there was something familiar about that bright light: it looked just like the one he uses to harden dental composite material used to repair his patients' chompers. More »
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Target Recalls Frog Masks That Could Suffocate Kids
By Phil Villarreal on October 24, 2011 8:30 AM
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Some early bird parents who indulged their kids' wishes to dress up as frogs for Halloween will have to re-do their costume shopping. Target recalled 3,400 products called Children's Frog Masks due to a potential suffocation hazard. More »
Toys 'R' Us Must Pay $20.6 Million In 2006 Pool Slide Death
By Laura Northrup on October 20, 2011 9:30 AM
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We enjoy mocking Banzai and their tendency to put wildly inaccurate photographs of their products on the boxes. But another wild inaccuracy led to tragedy in Massachusetts in 2006, when a 29-year-old mother went headfirst down an inflatable waterslide that collapsed. She broke her neck and later died as a result of the injuries. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before awarding her survivors $20.6 million—and they weren't even allowed to hear about the other person allegedly paralyzed by a similar injury while using the same product. More »
Target Expands Step Stool Recall To Include 314,00 More Units
By Mary Beth Quirk on August 25, 2011 9:30 AM
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target announced a voluntary recall of 206,000 of their wooden step stools. They're now adding an additional 341,000 units to that recall, citing a potential fall hazard as stools may fall apart when weight is applied on them. More »
Philips Recalls 1.86 Million Potentially Plummeting Compact Fluorescent Flood Lamps
By Laura Northrup on August 22, 2011 3:04 PM
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Philips and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a few weeks ago the recall of about 1.86 million compact fluorescent floodlamps sold under the EnergySaver and Marathon brands between 2007 and 2010. The reflector around the lamp can come unglued, shattering on the ground or floor. This actually happened to a Consumerist reader, who sent in photos of the glass-shard carnage. More »
54,000 Clip-On Chairs Recalled For Failing To Clip On To Table Tops
By Paul Eng on August 17, 2011 3:15 PM
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission and phil&teds USA Inc, of Fort Collins, Co. announced the recall of the company's metoo Clip-on Chair. The baby seats, designed to attach to table tops, have clamp parts that may fail. Children seated in the chair may fall or possibly have their fingers crushed or amputated by the failing mechanism. More »
Radio Flyer Recalls 165,000 Scoot 'N Zoom Riding Toys
By Paul Eng on August 16, 2011 4:30 PM
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Radio Flyer in Chicago announced the recall of 165,000 Scoot 'n Zoom riding toys today because the red plastic toy can tip over while being ridden and that is apparently not the original point of the toy. More »
CPSC Chair Tenenbaum: We're Not Trying To Play "Gotcha" With Manufacturers
By Chris Morran on August 3, 2011 2:30 PM
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Regular readers of Consumerist know that we cover a lot of recalls — from faulty booster seats to wine openers with potentially bloody consequences — many of them announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. We recently met with CPSC chair Inez Tenenbaum to discuss how the commission works with manufacturers on everything from the recall process to new standards on lead and drop-side cribs, and why some within the commission are attempting to scuttle its new products database. More »
