Recalls and Bans of Products
More Than 400,000 Solar-Powered Umbrellas Recalled Over Fire Risk
The authorities have recalled more than 400,000 solar-powered umbrellas sold at Costco because of overheating and fire risks. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which issued the recall on Thursday for the 10-foot SunVilla Solar LED Market Umbrella, said consumers reported that lithium-ion batteries in the umbrella’s solar panel can overheat, posing fire and burn […]
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Juul Gets Temporary Reprieve to Keep Selling Its E-Cigarettes
A federal appeals court on Friday granted a temporary reprieve to Juul Labs that will allow it to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, pending further court review of a decision just a day earlier by the Food and Drug Administration to ban sales of the company’s products. The United States Court of Appeals for […]
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FDA Orders Juul to Remove E-Cigarette Products from U.S. Market
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul to stop selling e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, a profoundly damaging blow to a once-popular company whose brand was blamed for the teenage vaping crisis. The order affects all of Juul’s products on the U.S. market, the overwhelming source of the company’s sales. Juul’s sleek vaping […]
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Abbott Baby Formula Plant Again Stops Production, This Time Because of Flooding
A baby formula plant in Sturgis, Mich., which resumed production less than two weeks ago after a monthslong closure that exacerbated a nationwide shortage, has again shut down after parts of the facility were flooded during a severe storm. The company that operates the plant, Abbott Nutrition, said on Wednesday that it was forced to […]
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Several Jif Peanut Butter Products Recalled Over Potential Salmonella
The J.M. Smucker Company has recalled several Jif peanut butter products sold in the United States and Canada because of potential salmonella contamination that federal regulators said has been tied to 14 illnesses. In a statement posted Friday on the federal Food and Drug Administration’s website, the company encouraged consumers who bought the potentially contaminated […]
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F.D.A. and Abbott Reach Agreement on Baby Formula to Try to Ease Shortage
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories on the steps needed to reopen the company’s shuttered baby formula plant, which could begin to ease the shortage of infant formula that has frightened and exasperated parents nationwide. The F.D.A. said it expected Abbott to restart production in about two weeks, […]
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F.D.A. Moves to Ban Sales of Menthol Cigarettes
Public health advocates have long sought a menthol ban. When the landmark Tobacco Control Act passed in 2009, giving the F.D.A. the authority to regulate tobacco products, menthol was exempted from the tobacco flavors that would be banned. The exception rankled public health groups and a cadre of former U.S. cabinet health secretaries, who noted […]
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3 Types of Baby Formula Recalled After Reported Bacterial Infections
Abbott Nutrition, a popular baby food manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it was voluntarily recalling three types of infant formula after four babies became sick with bacterial infections after consuming the products. The recall includes select lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare formulas that were manufactured at an Abbott facility in Sturgis, Mich. It comes after the […]
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Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops
Tesla is recalling 54,000 cars equipped with its Full Self-Driving software to disable a feature that in certain conditions lets the vehicles roll slowly through intersections without stopping. The move comes after the automaker was criticized on social media for enabling “rolling stops” in violation of traffic regulations. “Failing to stop at a stop sign […]
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