About 8,500 pounds of beef sold by BJ’s in eight states in mid-June  have been recalled by Cargill after three became sick from a strain of E.coli. None were hospitalized. Two people in Maine and in in New York were ill, but none seriously, government officials said today. “It was a relief it wasn’t more  Read More →

HARTFORD, August 24 – Nearly 4,000 “Zooper” Tango double strollers made in 2007 and 2008 with a model number of SL808B and SL808F are being recalled for repair, Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today. “The stroller’s frame latch above the front wheels can fail when the stroller hits an object, causing  Read More →

HARTFORD, August 11 — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with P. Graham Dunn, of Dalton, Ohio today announced a voluntary recall of wooden toy rattles, the Department of Consumer Protection reported today. The recall involves a wooden toy rattle with light brown stain, eight wooden dowels and a gold-colored metal rattle inside.  Read More →

HARTFORD, August 5 — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Pottery Barn Kids, a division of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. of San Francisco, California, is issuing a voluntary recall of its “Madeline” model of bunk beds, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said today. The recalled Madeline bunk bed is white and made of  Read More →

Toyota said today it is recallingl 412,000 luxury cars in the US due to steering issuues.  The largest car manufacturer in the world had earlier recalled millions of its cars, said the latest recall involves 373,000 of its 2000-2004 model year Avalon sedans because the steering lock bar in these vehicles could break under certain conditions, it said  Read More →

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today he is investigating three recent accidents in this state involving accidents in Toyota vehicles, apparently caused by faulty accelerators. One of the accidents involved a death and all three happened over a two-day period. Two of the three cars, including the one in the fatal crash, were reportedly 2007 Toyota  Read More →

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recall of the Scooby Doo, Tweety and Batman Fork and Spoon Sets, manufactured in China for Peachtree Playthings, of Atlanta, Georgia. Consumers should stop using these recalled products immediately. The middle two (2) prongs of the plastic  Read More →

HARTFORD – March 8 – The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary recall of Allreds Design Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips due to lead hazard. Consumers should cease using the above noted recalled products immediately. These products were manufactured in the United States by Allreds Design  Read More →

General Motors, in a major voluntary recall, will repaid 1.3 million compact Chevrolet and Pontiac cars sold in the here, Canada and in Mexico because of power steering motor failures. Those with 2005 to 2010 Chevrolet Cobalts, 2007 to 2010 Pontiac G5s, 2005 in the U.S. should return their cars to GM dealers for repair once  Read More →

Every business, organization and individual has a story to tell. Often the stories can be told a number of different ways. That has become obvious as Toyota Motor Sales USA and its Japanese parent struggle through the auto maker’s quality/safety crisis and related “public relations crisis” – one in which the company seems to tell a version of its story nearly every day while contradictory information keeps surfacing.  Read More →

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s, voluntary recall of Danbar Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters due to a fire hazard.  Consumers should stop using this product immediately.   This recall involves Danbar Toys Knight Hawk 3D remote control helicopters, manufactured in China and imported by Radio Shack Corporation  Read More →

Toyota waited until Jan. 19 to disclose to U.S. safety officials that millions of its vehicles could accelerate on their own – a problem they had known for one year, the Wall Street Journal disclosed today. In an article by WSJ reporters Kate Linebaugh, Dionne Searcey and Norihiko Shirouze, the newspaper disclosed that during the meeting  Read More →

Toyota today finally recalling more than 400,000 Prius hybrid cars what what has been known at least for weeks – that some have problems with their brake systems that cause a short delay before engaging under some conditions. This recall is on top of the 8 million vehicles Toyota has recalled around the world for problems with sticky accelators that  Read More →

Toyota, according to Japan’s Nikkei news wire, reports that the company is preparing to recall 270,000 Hybrid Priuses in Japan and the U.S. to correct software in the braking system – a tremendous blow to Toyota’s image. The world’s largest car maker has not confirmed or denied the report involving its flagship car – the vehicle it  Read More →

 Toyota said today it is evaluating brake problems with the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid, but has not decided what to do about a recall, AP and CNN reported. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said this morning that  it opened an investigation into the best selling hybrid in this country after getting more than 100 complaints about the  Read More →