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The US Department of Agriculture has issued a Class 1 recall on 130,000 pounds of ground beef nationwide, according to a news release from the agency. The E. coli contamination is thought to have originated from a Cargill Meat Solutions facility in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Target is the latest...

Editor note: This is the second of a two part series. Read Carey’s initial comments here. Earlier this year Hagens Berman, the law firm that won a $1.6 billion class action suit against Toyota (NYSE: TM) for the company’s wave of 2009-2011 recalls, was appointed interim lead counsel...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) on Monday announced six new safety recalls related to ignition systems involving about 7.6 million U.S. vehicles (8.4 million in North America) from the 1997 to 2014 model years. GM is aware of seven crashes, eight injuries and three fatalities related to the models in...

Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) is recalling 75,320 pounds of frozen white meat chicken nuggets sold at Sam's Club (NYSE: WMT) stores nationwide. Consumers complained that they found small pieces of plastic in the nuggets, prompting the recall of the 5-pound bags. The recall is for the “Tyson Fully...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) is expanding a recall from earlier this month to 1.6 million vehicles, saying the issue is related to 13 deaths. The initial recall of 778,000 vehicles with faulty ignition switches was for 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s, as well as Pontiac Pursuits sold...

Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) has decided to recall around 535,000 units of its Vaio laptops from across the world. The laptops are likely to face overheating problem, which can disfigure their shape. The Tokyo, Japan-based company is recalling Vaio’s F and C Series laptops sold after January 2010. So far...

Shares of Kellogg Co (NYSE: K) beat a retreat after the company announced a recall of some of its cereals. The recall is based on "an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package." The company has recalled cereals falling under the brands Apple Jacks, Froot Loops,...

Today, the Japanese carmaking giant Toyota (NYSE: TM) dissolved spectacularly following a severe and unprecedented fine of $16.4 million against a company that brought in a mere $209 billion in revenue in 2009. Stockholders and employees alike were stunned, left reeling after being thunderstruck by...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced Friday morning that the company has widened its recall of several non-prescription drugs. Consumers have been complaining that some shipments of the drugs had a mold like odor. A number of customers had also reported cases of stomach pain, nausea, and...