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• Its Not Just China--Castleberry Recalls 75 Brands

  John Hopkins | July 24, 2007 12:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  China was criticised for bad pet food, poisoned toothpast and tires that they forgot to glue together. But, not to be outdone, enter Castleberry Food Company. They have issued recall of 75 different products; all apparently suspected of being contaminated with botulism. Botulism contamination of canned, processed foods, in the US is extremely rare. That said, botulism can cause a severe,...

• China's Version of the FDA--Tough Place to Work

  John Hopkins | July 17, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  China has certainly suffered its share of setbacks in the export of products to the rest of the world. They have allowed tainted toothpaste to leave their country and deadly dog & cat food to be exported. Most recently, it was discovered that Chinese tires were manufactured without including the material that binds the belts together. China's response to this event has been essentially two-fold....

• What is the Solution?

  Armand Rossetti | July 06, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Most strains of Acanthamoeba will survive exposure to AMO's Complete MoisturePlus, Alcon's OptiFree Express and B&L's ReNu MultiPlus. Under testing conditions that reflect the "real world," none of those solutions are stellar performers, and only one is effective under certain conditions. Recently, Complete Moisture Plus has been shown to be seven times more likely to have caused the most recent...