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From: enough on 27 Feb 2010 21:59
he past few weeks in product recalls: lots and lots of lead and
salmonella. Not in the same products. As far as we know.

Food and Consumables
Trader Joe's Chocolate Chip Chewy Coated Granola Bars - salmonella
Turkey Hill Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream - undeclared almonds
Giant Food 24 oz. Party Platter Cookies - undeclared almonds
Estrella Family Creamery Red Darla cheese - possible listeria
infection
Nature’s Variety raw chicken dog food - salmonella
Flying Horse Black and White Sesame Chewy Candy - undeclared peanuts
Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout Cookies - rancid oils
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars -
salmonella
Health Valley Organic Peanut Crunch, Dutch Apple and Wildberry Chewy
Granola Bars - salmonella
Queseria Bendita Queso Fresco, Panela, and Requeso - listeria
Wholesome Spice 25 Lb. Boxes Of Crushed Red Pepper - salmonella

Furniture and Household
Thermador Built-In Ovens - fire hazard
Lysol Steam Cleaning Mop - Can squirt hot Lysol water at you.
Discovery Kids Animated Marine and Safari Lamp - fire hazard
Copco and Wild Leaf Tea Co. Bristol model and Martha Stewart
Collection® Enameled Steel Tea Kettles - handle can fall off - burn
hazard

Health Care
LifeScan OneTouch SureStep Test Strips - inaccurate readings

Babies and Children
Danbar Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters (Radio Shack) - fire hazard (while
charging, not while flying)
Nature Wonders Horse Figures (Walmart) - lead paint
Boy's Three-Piece Santa Set (Macy's) - buttons pose choking hazard
Tiny Tink[erbell] and Friends Children's Toy Jewelry Sets - metal
connector contains lead
Papyrus Brand Greeting Cards with bracelets - lead paint
Special Forces and Police SWAT Toy Gun Sets (Dollar General) - choking
hazard
ChildDESIGNS Generation 2 Cribs - death and injury hazard
Pull-A-Long Friends Pull Toys - choking hazard
Britax "Blink" Umbrella Strollers - finger amputation hazard
Allreds Design baby brakcelets and pacifier clips - lead
"Tiny Love" wind chimes - full of tiny stabby metal rods

Electronics
Franklin Electric Motor Controllers for Submersible Pump Systems -
shock hazard
GE Telaire Airestat and Carrier Single Beam Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and
Temperature Sensors - fire hazard

Hobbies and Recreation
Horizon Fitness and LIVESTRONG Fitness Elliptical Trainers - Pedals
can randomly fall off.
More About:

* recalls,
* roundups,
* recall roundup

From ConsumerReports.org:

* Tip of the Day: How to cope with the latest nasty winter weather
* Toyota, regulators grilled for second day on Capitol Hill
* 2011 Hyundai Sonata recall, stop sale

http://consumerist.com/2010/02/recall-roundup-1.html
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