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Archive for January, 2020
Jan 31, 2020

By Gilreath & Associates One month it’s lettuce, the next month it’s sushi! A recall on certain items sold at Trader Joe’s was prompted after an inspection at a Massachusetts food facility that produces Fuji Food Products. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that anyone who purchased spring rolls, sushi and salads […]

Jan 31, 2020

By Gilreath & Associates Medtronic, a medical device company founded in 1949, recalled over 106,000 catheters in November 2019. It was categorized as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall for medical devices, indicating that the product can potentially cause serious harm or even death to the consumers. The United […]

Jan 13, 2020

By Gilreath & Associates “Dangerous” isn’t usually a word that’s applied to the act of walking from point A and B. But did you know that every 8 minutes a pedestrian is injured crossing the street or minding their own business on the corner of a sidewalk? This means every year 70,000 pedestrians are hit […]

Jan 13, 2020

By Gilreath & Associates Often, the only occasion when a recall affects the consumer is for auto parts and vehicle defects. Usually, it has something to do with the key or seatbelt or airbag (all of which are important), but the problem also tends to be easy to remedy. Food, on the other hand, comes […]