In some foods containing organic brown rice syrup, such as organic baby formulas, cereal bars, and energy shot drinks, researchers at Dartmouth College have found traces of the carcinogen arsenic. Brown rice syrup is a sweetener often used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrup. In one brand of baby formula, researchers found levels [...]

The Ci Sport expandable, insulated lunch box set has been voluntarily recalled by California Innovations, Inc. this week over a leaking hazard of the freezer gel pack. Nearly 248,000 lunch boxes are affected by the recall. The lunch box set came with an aluminum bottle and freezer gel pack. According to the Consumer Product Safety [...]

“Antilop” high chairs, made by Swedish furniture company IKEA, are being recalled for a potential fall hazard. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, IKEA received eight reports of children falling out of the high chair after the belt restraint became unclasped, three children suffered minor injuries from the fall. Nearly 169,000 “Antilop” chairs [...]

4.9 million Avaria contact lenses, made by CooperVision Inc., have been recalled due to a possible oil contamination. Tests failed to meet quality standards due to silicone oil residue. Avaria brands affected include Avaria Sphere and Avaria Toric. The FDA has listed the contamination under Class I, which is the most serious warning. Products recalled [...]

The Food and Drug Administration are still investigating Jensen Farms, the growers of thousands of cantaloupes contaminated with listeria, but have released its initial findings. The investigation found that there may have been several practices in the packaging facility that could have spread or harbored listeria-containing bacteria. It found that equipment used to wash the [...]

Cantaloupes grown at Jensen Farms in Colorado have been linked to thirteen deaths and seventy-two infections in eighteen states due to a listeria outbreak. Jensen Farms has recalled its entire 2011 cantaloupe crop. The government has issued a federal investigation into the outbreak, searching for possible water or animal contamination and examining Jensen Farms’ cultivation [...]