The National Salt Reduction Initiative, a New York City-led partnership of cities, states and national health organizations, unveiled on Jan. 11, its proposed targets to guide a voluntary reduction of salt levels in packaged and restaurant foods.
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If you are still keeping that New Year's resolution to lose weight in 2010, you might want to read a recent article from the Los Angeles Times . According to the article, Tufts University researchers took prepackaged and restaurants foods and r ...

Plastic pallet rental company Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) in Orlando, Fla., announced on Dec. 16 that a random sampling of wood pallets used to ship food in Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia tested positive for Listeria and abnormally hig ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius commended the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 9 for opening a center devoted to ensuring the safety of foods imported to the United States. ...

Several E. coli infections have been linked to drinking raw, unpasteurized milk, the Washington state departments of Health and Agriculture (WSDA) announced on Dec. 2. The three infected consumers all report drinking raw milk produced by th ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Maclaren USA, Inc., of South Norwalk, Conn., announced on Nov. 9 a voluntary recall of about 1 million umbrella strollers. The stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingert ...

A federal judge on Nov. 5 dismissed a personal injury action brought by a Mississippi woman who was hurt in a one-vehicle accident while a passenger in a car driven by an Oscar-winning actor, after an undisclosed settlement was reached ( Demaris L. M ...

A plastic pallet rental service announced recently that random testing of wood pallets used for transporting food in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore areas tested positive for three types of food poisoning bacteria. Intelligent Global Po ...

Toymaker Mattel Inc. on Oct. 13 agreed to a settlement that will provide refunds and other monetary relief to families who purchased children`s toys manufactured in China that were recalled as a result of dangerously high levels of lead ( In Re: Matt ...

Toyota is warning consumers of the potential for an accelerator pedal to get stuck in the full open position due to an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat in some of the vehicles it manufacturers. A stuck accelerator pedal may result in very h ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Oct. 22 that it has voted to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to address safety hazards associated with recreational off-highway vehicles.  Preliminary evaluati ...

A Texas jury on Aug. 27 returned a verdict for the defendant in a deadly all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rollover accident action, finding that the company did not negligently place a defective product into the stream of commerce ( Johnny Ray, et al. v. Ya ...

The awarding of punitive damages has been under attack for almost two decades, both by business interests and by those who argue for tort reform and a smaller role of courts in our society. Th ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Aug. 5, that Wagner Spray Tech Corp., of Plymouth, Minn., and Techtronic Industries Co. LTD, of Hong Kong, agreed to pay an $800,000 civil penalty, resolving the federal lawsuit claiming t ...

As injuries and deaths involving side-by-side recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) continue to be reported to the U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC), the CPSC warns consumers to use caution and responsibility when using any of these ...