Zyprexa

Zyprexa, an antiseptic medicine is used for the treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Patients using Zyprexa develops hyperglycemia or diabetes. The consumption of this drug can also lead to neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a condition classified by elevated heart rate, muscle stiffness, confusion and fever that can even lead to death. NMS can be fatal. [...]

Eli Lilly Settles Claims against Zyprexa

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly declared in June 2005 to settle 76,000 of the 7,000 plus claims against it for the severe side effects suffered by the patients consuming antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. U.S.  Food and Drug Administration warned against its adverse side effects as early as 2003. The consumption of this drug has been linked to [...]

Tainted Peanut Butter Hazardous to Children

With millions of jars of Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butter subjected to salmonella recall, doctors and medical professionals are issuing warning to parents that the recall of peanut butter can affect children too. Salmonella is affecting both children and adults after its consumption. Eating Peter Pan peanut butter exposes children to a specific [...]

Pet Recall – An Introduction Food

Menu foods, manufacturers of pet food recently recalled “cuts-and-gravy”-style cat and dog food sold fewer than 40 brands across the United States including Iams, Eukanuba and Purina. This decision was taken after a study reveled that the consumption of this product causes kidney failure and even death in some pets. This pet food was packed [...]

Peanut Butter Recall Causes Loss of $ 1 Billion

According to Associated Press, the statistics derived from the Congressional hearings from Peanut Butter Corp of America, the recent recall of the pea nut butter from the market might have cost health officials, consumers and manufacturers hundreds of million of dollars and lead to the decline in peanut butter products , therefore increasing the total [...]

Menu Foods Leads to Kidney Failure in Cats and Dogs

The recall of pet food manufactured by Canada based Menu Foods, Inc has put pet owners in panic. Consumption of pet food has been associated with kidney failure and deaths in cats and dogs. This pet food recall affected more than 45 brands countrywide including major retailers Wal- Mart and Kroger.
The pet food recall was [...]

Machine Guarding – An Introduction

Machine guards are different type of devices installed on machinery to protect the workers from any type of injury. It was only at the end of 19th century that people learned about the importance of machine guarding. The first patent for an interlocking guard was given in 1899.  Protective devices now included sensors that helped [...]

Machine Guarding – An Insight

Of the different type of workplace injury, some of the injuries occur when machine operators suffer from de – gloving, amputations, lacerations and other serious injuries while operating the machinery that is not appropriately guarded.
There is high possibility that moving machine parts may lead to severe injuries. It is important that all workplaces should have [...]

Largest Crib Withdrawal Ever In the U.S. History

Federal regulators currently recalled 1 million cribs produced by Simplicity Inc. they took this decision of voluntarily withdrawal after the reports of drop rail on the nation’s largest selling models detach from the crib, thus, creating a gap causing death of nearly three children.
On September 21, 2007, after the investigation conducted by Chicago Tribune, [...]

Know More about Pet Food Recalls

Defining Menu Foods
Menu Foods Limited, an Ontario, Canada based company is the largest manufacturers of dog and wet cat food in North America. These pet foods are available in fewer than 90 brand names at pet product retailers, wholesale companies and grocery stores.
In March 2007, many animals fell sick after their owners fed them with [...]