The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has set its policy agenda for 2014, with the competition regulator setting its sights on deceptive online pricing and low-cost imports as two major issues facing the retail industry ...
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Faulty software in Toyota's popular Prius hybrids has forced the Japanese automaker to recall 1.9 million of such vehicles worldwide. The huge recall—representing more than half of all Prius cars ever sold—shows how Toyota has ...
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This article was updated Feb. 24 with a link to the latest list of retailers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now believes that the approximately 8.7 million pounds of meat recalled by Petaluma, CA, processor Rancho Feeding Corporation ...
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This article was updated Feb. 24 with further recall information. At least eight people have been sickened with Listeria monocytogenes infections after eating cheese produced by Roos Foods under a number of brand names, according to the ...
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“The mild winter hit this category hard, resulting in a 10 per cent unit and 14 per cent value decline, compared to 2012,” said Sunbeam product manager — seasonal products, Katie Berra. “Even with the best products, ...
Tags: electric blanket market, restore value to the market, warm weather
Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. is recalling select Organic Baby Spinach products over concerns they may be contaminated with (EHEC) Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Symptoms of the diseases caused by EHEC include abdominal cramps and ...
More than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the initial recall of beef products processed by central California’s Rancho Feeding Corporation, several questions remain unanswered regarding both the ongoing ...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is piecing together a list of retailers to which 8.7 million pounds of recalled meat had been sent over the course of 2013. While, up until Wednesday, the recall list has consisted of neighborhood ...
Tags: beef, Rancho Feeding Corporation, recall
Frozen, not-ready-to-eat green chile sold at most retail grocery stores in the the Southwest were recalled Tuesday by the manufacturer, Albuquerque-based Bueno Foods. In its uncooked, raw state, the green chile might be contaminated ...
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Judging by the news stories that have cropped up in the past 24 hours, Uncle Ben’s Infused Rice is having some problems with niacin, the organic compound also known as vitamin B3. The problems came to a head on Monday, when Mars ...
Tags: Rice Recall, Niacin, Vitamin B3, FDA
Jensen Ltd. is recalling Jensen Cheese brand Old Cheddar Cheese (white) from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. The affected product, Jensen Cheese ...
Tags: Listeria Recall, Cheddar Cheese, Listeria contamination, Jensen Cheese
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally identified some of the retailers who sold some of the 9 million pounds of beef recalled in California by Rancho Feeding Corporation late last week. Missing from the list are any retailers in ...
Tags: USDA, Retailers, Beef Recall, Food Safety
West Marine recalled about 4,600 folding bicycles because their frames can break during use. This recall involves the Jetty Express 2 and the Port Runner 2 models, which are designed for use in and around docks and marinas. The Jetty ...
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Grand Foods, an Australian importer and distributor of Turkish foods, is withdrawing various soft and hard cheese products and one butter product, as they are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products subject to recall ...
Tags: Cheese Products, Withdraws Soft
Asda, a UK-based retailer, is withdrawing its own brand 4 Breaded Alaska Pollock Fillets as some of the packages may contain Lightly Dusted River Cobbler, which contains milk that is not mentioned on the label. The recall affects Asda 4 ...
Tags: Milk Allergen, Food