Campbell Soup Company has issued a voluntary recall of a few hundred thousand cans of Spaghettios. The company says it is “due to a potential choking hazard posed by pieces of red plastic found in a small number of cans.…
Kia Sorento Recall Affects Hundreds of Thousands of Cars
Kia is recalling hundreds of thousands of Sorentos in order to replace the brake-shift interlock mechanism. According to the car company, excessive force applied to the gear shift lever, the brake-shift interlock mechanism may chip or crack. The recall affects…
Cheerios Recall: Gluten-Free Boxes May Contain Wheat, Says General Mills
If you recently purchased a box of “gluten-free” Cheerios, it may not actually be gluten-free. General Mills is “embarrassed and sorry” to have to recall approximately 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios. The Cheerios recall amount to…
Groupon Recalls Fake, Possibly Holey Condoms
Groupon Australia has admitted that it sold a bunch of counterfeit condoms that may, in fact, be full of holes. The condoms were sold between March 12 and April 10. If you do the math, and it’s not a hard…
Velveeta Recall Issued Over Lack of Preservative, Probably Won’t Affect Your Party Dip
Months after we all survived the great Velveeta shortage of 2014, some cheese dip aficionados in the Midwest may have a problem finding a box of the pasteurized cheese product at their local Walmarts. Kraft has issued a voluntary recall…
Google’s Nest Smoke Alarms Recalled
Google has only owned Nest for just over three months, and its smoke alarms are already being recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall covering all Nest Protect smoke alarms sold (there are 440,000 of them).…
General Motors Being Fined For Unanswered Questions
General Motors is now facing a crisis over its inaction with regards to important safety recalls over the past decade. Last week GM CEO Mary Barra testified before a U.S. congressional subcommittee hearing on the company’s ignition switch recall. The…
Chrysler Recalls SUVs Over Brake Corrosion
Chrysler Group today issued a recall on nearly 900,000 SUVs due to problems with the vehicles’ brake systems. The defect could cause brake pedals to become more firm than normal. The recall specifically affects some models of Jeep Grand Cherokee…
General Motors Recalls Vehicles Over Power Steering Issue
General Motors this week issued a sweeping recall that affects more than 1.3 million Chevrolet, Saturn, and Pontiac vehicles. The defect causing the recall involves the sudden loss of electric power steering experience by some drivers of older GM models.…
Alli Weight Loss Products Recalled
GlaxoSmithKline this week recalled all alli-branded weight loss products from store shelves in the U.S. The company believes that production of the diet pills may have been tampered with. “Safety is our first priority and we are asking retailers and…