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Bottled Water E. Coli Recall Apparently, the problems with pathogens in the food supply have spread to processed water. The Niagara Bottling Company in Pennsylvania has issued a voluntary recall for water that was bottled  at the company’s Allentown and Hamburg plants in that state  because of a potential contamination with E. Coli. The recall affects…

Lumber Liquidators Pulls Products Because of Formaldehyde in Flooring On Thursday, one of the largest hardwood flooring retailers in the country, Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc., announced that they had suspending sales of its Chinese-made CARB 2 laminate flooring, because a number of investigations and tests have shown that the flooring potentially contains high levels…

Yet Another Recall for Listeria in Frozen Food There is yet another voluntary recall out there having to do with frozen food and possible Listeria contamination, as Inventure Foods, Inc. has announced the voluntary recall of varieties of its line of “Fresh Frozen” vegetables, as well as its “Jamba at Home” line of smoothie kits….

According to Houston Police, one drunken Texas man who chose to get behind the wheel after drinking too much last Sunday is responsible for at least three separate accidents over three hours, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a 6-year-old boy and multiple injuries to others, including a toddler. According to a…

Defective Quick Release Levers Trigger Trek Bicycle Recall It’s spring, which means we Texans will spend more time outdoors with our bicycles, which means more cyclists on the road, many of them riding bicycles that are either defective or that haven’t been properly maintained. With that in mind, one of the largest bicycle manufacturing…

Last week, in a grisly scene, six students from Victoria East High School in Victoria, Texas were involved in a fatal, two-vehicle wreck. One student died at the scene, while another was airlifted to a local hospital. Two others became trapped in an overturned vehicle and another student was bleeding profusely as officers questioned…

Euro-Pro Announces Shark Vacuum Cleaner Recall for Electrical Hazard One of the largest makers of vacuum cleaners in the country, Euro-Pro, has announced a voluntary recall of four models of their Shark brand vacuums because of a potential shock hazard. Affected by the recall are four separate models of Shark Rotator Powered Lift-Away series…

CDC: Blue Bell Listeria Threat May Date to 2010 We know that Brenham, Texas-based ice cream company Blue Bell Creameries has been dealing with a Listeria outbreak for almost two months – one that has been linked to at least three deaths and ten illnesses across four states. So far, the exact source of…

Blue Bell Issues an Expanded Texas Ice Cream Recall Texas ice cream giant Blue Bell Creameries has decided to expand its voluntary recall of a number of its products after some pints of banana pudding ice cream tested positive for Listeriosis. As a precaution, in addition to the banana pudding flavor ice cream, they’ve…

Testing for Salmonella Leads to Texas Nut Recall Boerne-based food and nut producer Texas Star Nut and Food Co., Inc. has issued a voluntary recall to their Nature’s Eats Natural Macadamia Nuts because there is a possibility that some of them were contaminated with Salmonella The products subject to recall were sold only in…