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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…

Land’s End Issues Children’s Clothing Recall for Sleepwear Wisconsin-based clothing company Land’s End has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 173,000 of their children’s pajamas and robes because they do not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear. Because of this, the clothing poses a potential risk of the child receiving burn injuries. In…

Over-height Truck Causes Texas Bridge Collapse The Texas Department of Public Safety was forced to shut down Interstate 35 in both directions near Salado for most of the day Thursday, after a bridge collapsed onto the highway, killing at least one person and injuring three others. The bridge didn’t just collapse; it had help. A…

Target Anti-theft Employee Files Texas Wage Theft Suit Recently, a former employee of Target Corporation, who once worked in the company’s anti-theft division, filed a collective action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, in which he claimed the company violated the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards…

Late Wednesday night, March 18, three teenagers were injured when the pickup they were driving slammed into a home in The Colony, a community 30 miles north of Dallas late Wednesday. The accident occurred at a little before midnight near the intersection of Blair Oaks Drive and Merrell Lane, with the pickup stopping less than two yards…

Metal Pieces Lead to Kraft Mac and Cheese Recall One of the most popular foods in the world comes in those familiar blue boxes containing Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. However, there may be a problem in some of those little boxes. Yesterday The Kraft Food Group, Inc. issued a voluntary recall of some of these…

Toyota Motor Corporation announced yesterday that it will issue a voluntary recall of about 110,000 of its most popular vehicle models because of a defect that could potentially shut down the vehicle’s power steering assist.  At the same time, they announced a second recall of about 2,500 of its electric vehicles because of a…

Defective Power Steering Triggers Hyundai Recall Earlier this week, Hyundai issued a voluntary recall of more than 263,000 vehicles because of a potential problem with the power steering that could increase the risk of a crash. According to documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), this recall covers Elantra sedans from model…