Photos: Food and health-product recalls
Food, medicine and consumer product safety recalls are released on
a regular basis. We'll highlight some of the significant and recent
health-related recalls covered throughout the Tribune Co. Click on the links below for more
complete lists of recalls:
For consumer products, visit cpsc.gov.
For food recalls and food-borne illnesses, visit foodsafety.gov.
For medicine and other FDA-regulated products, visit fda.gov.
For consumer products, visit cpsc.gov.
For food recalls and food-borne illnesses, visit foodsafety.gov.
For medicine and other FDA-regulated products, visit fda.gov.
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![In announcing the recall of 1 million pool and spa drain covers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission may have frustrated many pool owners and operators who had installed the safety equipment in recent years. The covers were meant to prevent a deadly entrapment hazard, but federal regulators say they might not work.<br>
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Without proper covers, pool and spa drains can act like supercharged vacuum cleaners, trapping people under water with hundreds of pounds of suction force. [May 26, 2011]](http://www.healthkey.com/media/photo/2011-05/61911172.jpg)
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Pool drain-cover recall may affect many public pools
In announcing the recall of 1 million pool and spa drain covers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission may have frustrated many pool owners and operators who had installed the safety equipment in recent years. The covers were meant to prevent a deadly entrapment hazard, but federal regulators say they might not work.
Without proper covers, pool and spa drains can act like supercharged vacuum cleaners, trapping people under water with hundreds of pounds of suction force. [May 26, 2011] |
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