Asda recalled hiker boots after tests found PFOA above legal limits
Safety notice 2610-0025 found PFOA above REACH limits in five Asda own-brand boot and shoe lines; recalled from end users with no-receipt refunds
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FDA test buys showed Amazon's FBA and Walmart Fulfillment Services themselves introduced unapproved STI drugs into interstate commerce.
Leer el casoAltria's $12.8B Juul bet lost a third of its value within a year
Altria paid $12.8 billion for Juul as a hedge on vaping's future — then took a $4.5 billion pre-tax charge in Q3 2019 as the e-cig maker turned toxic.
Leer el casoAldi lost a UK copycat-palette case in 2019; Shiseido now makes the same claim in China
A UK court ruled Aldi's £6.99 LACURA palette copied Charlotte Tilbury's £49 one; now Shiseido sues Aldi China over a ¥24.9 primer mimicking its ¥540 product.
Leer el casoAIDS Healthcare Foundation paid $1.44M over Medicare Advantage diagnosis codes
The nonprofit kept 'Delete Research' spreadsheets of unsupported diagnosis codes for years, then settled a False Claims Act case for $1.44 million.
Leer el casoWinston Porter and Seeday dressers failed the STURDY Act — one tipped onto a 3-year-old
About 2,050 dressers sold on Amazon and Wayfair could tip and trap children if unanchored; one tipped over and injured a 3-year-old before the recall.
Leer el casoVichy recalled every batch of its Peptide-C ampoules after 23 laceration reports
Glass ampoules turned brittle in storage and could cut users on opening; Vichy Canada recalled 752,110 units across all batches after 23 incident reports.
Leer el casoHealth Canada ordered a recall of Valco's Trend Duo stroller — three hazards at once
Health Canada's own testing found the double stroller could tip, trap a child's torso and pinch — 314 units recalled by order, with no incidents reported yet.
Leer el casoTrump Mobile leak exposed 3,615 customers' data via its carrier's employee, hackers say
Hacking group BYOD says it hit Trump Mobile through a trojan on a Liberty Mobile employee, leaking names, addresses and order data for 3,615 people.
Leer el casoTOMY recalled Boon Flair high chairs after 34 bolt-failure reports and 11 injuries
Bolts holding the seat to the pedestal worked loose and seats detached; TOMY recalled 2,858 Canadian and about 83,000 US chairs, offering free repair kits.
Leer el casoFDA told four online sellers their OTC 'herpes cures' are unapproved new drugs
In one October sweep, FDA told Terramed, Aidance, Graceful Touch and Platinum Healthcare their OTC STI 'cures' are unapproved new drugs.
Leer el casoTaiwan's TCI let its FDA drug registration lapse rather than fix its quality system
FDA found TCI BioCosme shipping untested OTC batches and validating drugs with cosmetic documents; it let its US drug registration lapse instead of fixing it.
Leer el casoTalkTalk's debt-laden private-equity years ended in administration — BT paid £400m
Five years after going private, TalkTalk had £1.5bn of debt and shrinking customers; BT stepped in with a £400m rescue that rivals call a stitch-up.
Leer el casoA Luton wholesaler rewrapped cheap chocolate as Wonka bars — mice in the warehouse
SP Wholesale's director was fined £5,265 after an inspection caught staff swapping imported chocolate into Wonka wrappers, with undeclared nuts inside.
Leer el casoArata's '87% more healthy scalp bacteria' ad fell to a 24-hour lab soak
ASCI upheld complaints against Slick Organics' Arata shampoo claims: the in-vitro study incubated bacteria up to 24 hours; real shampoo contact is 2–5 minutes.
Leer el casoFDA: O.N. Diagnostics shipped a new spine-fracture AI model without re-clearance
O.N. Diagnostics added a new machine-learning algorithm to its cleared VirtuOst VFA device; FDA's 2026 warning letter calls it unapproved and misbranded.
Leer el casoMyx Fitness recalled the MYX II bike after 864 pedal-detachment reports and 75 injuries
Pedals could come off if not properly installed; Myx logged 839 US and 25 Canadian detachment reports — 75 injuries — and recalled the MYX II in both markets.
Leer el casoFDA found flies on La Pradera's ready-to-eat cheese at its third failed inspection
The Doral, Florida maker of Venezuelan-style cheese had no food safety plan, flies on open product and roaches on clean molds — its third FDA inspection.
Leer el casoKobayashi recalled 77,000 HotHands rechargeable warmers whose batteries can ignite
Kobayashi Consumer Products recalled about 77,000 HotHands rechargeable hand warmers that can overheat and ignite, before any incident was reported.
Leer el casoIKEA expanded its LETTAN mirror recall after wall fittings kept breaking
IKEA widened a recall of LETTAN mirrors after 65 incidents worldwide of plastic wall fittings snapping; 27,825 had been sold in Canada alone.
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