Bausch & Lomb is issuing another recall this week, this time for its PreserVision® Eye Vitamin AREDS 2 Formula with Omega 3 Soft Gels. The recall comes just weeks after Bausch & Lomb recalled some of its ReNu contact lens solutions overseas.

The recalled PreserVision® Eye Vitamin AREDS 2 Formula with Omega 3 Soft Gels are only available within the United States. This recall involves lot numbers 0923BK103, 0924BK103, 0924BK103A, 0925BK103A, 0926BK103A, 0927BK103A, 0928BK103A, 0929BK103A, 0930BK103A. The UPC Code is 24208 62584 and the expiration date is 08/31/2011. PreserVision Eye Vitamin AREDS 2 Formula with Omega 3 soft gels are packaged in 60 count bottles. The current dosage for the AREDS 2 formulation is two soft gels per day. (more…)

Nap Nanny® Recliners have been implicated in the death of an infant, prompting
Baby Matters of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, to recall the product. The Nap Nanny® is a portable recliner designed for sleeping, resting and playing. The recliner includes a foam base with an inclined indentation for the infant to sit in and a fitted fabric cover and a three-point harness.

The Consumer Products Safeyt Commission (CPSC) is investigating a report of a four-month-old girl from Royal Oak, Michigan who died in a Nap Nanny® being used in a crib. According to preliminary reports, the infant was in her harness and found hanging over the side of the product, caught between the Nap Nanny® and the crib bumper. (more…)

A federal grand jury is looking into the way Toyota handled defective steering rods in some of its vehicles. The automaker revealed yesterday that its US subsidiaries had received subpoenas last month demanding documents about such defects.

The newly-revealed grand jury investigation is just the latest headache for Toyota this year. Since last November, Toyota has recalled about 8.5 million vehicles worldwide to resolve the floor-mat interference and sticking pedal problems that may lead to incidents of unintended acceleration. Some vehicles are subject to both recalls. Complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) attribute 93 deaths to sudden acceleration of a Toyota vehicle. (more…)

Toyota is looking bad again. Federal regulators say the automaker planted a recent story in The Wall Street Journal that blamed driver error for accidents involving the unintended acceleration of some of its vehicles.

Since last November, Toyota has recalled about 8.5 million vehicles worldwide to resolve the floor-mat interference and sticking pedal problems that may lead to incidents of unintended acceleration. Some vehicles are subject to both recalls. Complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) attribute 93 deaths to sudden acceleration of a Toyota vehicle. (more…)

Federal safety regulators are warning parents about some toy dart gun sets that have killed two children. About 1.8 million of the dart gun sets, which were sold at Family Dollar Stores, are being recalled today.

According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), these toys have already killed a 9-year-old boy in Chicago and a 10-year-old boy in Milwaukee. Both were chewing on the one-inch, soft-plastic darts, which slipped into their throats. The small suction cup part of the dart cut off their breathing. (more…)

A congressional panel is opening an investigation into McNeil Consumer Healthcare’s recent recall of children’s over-the-counter medicines.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating conflicting accounts of what prompted the recall, as well as McNeil’s handling of consumer complaints. It wants to look at a chronology of events leading up to the recall, as well investigation reports from both McNeil and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). It also plans to ask the FDA for its procedures governing routine inspections of over-the-counter drug makers and recalls. (more…)

Serious deficiencies at a McNeil Consumer Healthcare manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania could have caused bacterial contamination of raw materials in dozens of children’s over-the-counter medicines that were recalled last week, according to a report from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

McNeil said it is making all efforts to correct the problems its Fort Washington, PA plant and has shut down production of 50 over-the-counter medications made at the facility. The FDA will follow up on the corrections and will make a decision then as to whether it should take further action against McNeil. (more…)

Lajobi Inc is recalling more than 200,000 Graco brand Another large recall of drop side cribs. The cribs pose both a strangulation and entrapment hazard.

This recall involves LaJobi-manufactured Graco® wood cribs. The full-size cribs were sold in cherry, espresso, natural, and white finishes. The production date, item number, purchase order number, and finish name is printed on a label affixed to the footboard or headboard. “LaJobi” and the crib model name are printed on a product sticker located on the stabilizer bar or bottom rail of the crib. (more…)

More than a year after U.S. regulators began investigating defective Chinese drywall, the president of that country has promised to “look into” the problem. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) said Chinese President Hu Jintao made the pledge during a conversation the two had Tuesday during a break at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.

The senator also told the South Florida Business Times that President Hu “didn’t know about” the issue of corrosive drywall from China affecting thousands of homes throughout the country before the two spoke. (more…)

Anxious to prove it takes safety issues seriously, Toyota announced today that it would be testing the stability of all its SUVs. The move was prompted by Consumer Reports’ issuance of a “not acceptable” rating for the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV.

Hours after Consumer Reports published its rating, Toyota announced it was suspending sales of the GX 460 in the U.S. and Canada. The automaker has since suspended sales of the vehicle in markets elsewhere in the world. While the automaker has not decided if it will issue a recall for the SUV, it is offering current owners use of loaner cars while it tries to figure out why it failed Consumer Reports’ handling test. (more…)