Defective & Dangerous Products

• Contaminated pet food and farm feed

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A new development in the pet food contamination and recall fiasco has surfaced, according to many news reports around the country. Though more than 100 brands of dog and cat food were recalled because of the presence of melamine, a dangerous industrial chemical believed to have caused the deaths of a number of pets, now hogs and other farm animals may have eaten feed contaminated with melamine....

• Contaminated pet foods cause more than 14 pet deaths

  Staff Writer | March 20, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A report from USA Today says that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed at least 14 animal fatalities resulting from contaminated pet foods. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine is still investigating the cause for the contamination of pet foods manufactured by Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada. A pet food recall of at least 91 brands is concerning pet owners across the country....

• Peanut butter recall shakes consumer confidence

  Staff Writer | February 16, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  With this week's national peanut butter recall by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fresh on everyone's mind, many consumers are losing confidence in brands they've been using regularly. The recall includes ConAgra's Peter Pan and Great Value (private label for Wal-Mart stores) brands sold after May 2006 or containing the code 2111 on the lid. Many schools, parents, food banks and others...