The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide

Leggett & Platt recalls office chairs due to fall hazard

Leggett & Platt Office Components is recalling about 47,900 office chairs in the United Stated and about 1,000 in Canada.

The seat slider bolts and push nuts can disconnect and fall out, which could cause the seat to detach from the chair, posing a fall hazard to consumers.

No injuries have been reported.

This recall involves office chairs with a Leggett & Platt Office Components LP01 synchro slider mechanism. The slider mechanism allows the user to adjust the seat depth. The sliders were sold on five brands of office chairs: Hon, Hugg, JSI, Sitmatic, and Via Seating.

Goodseed soybeans recalled due to Listeria contamination

Happy Sprout is voluntarily recalling all packages of soybean sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

FDA recalls frozen tuna linked to hepatitis A virus

On May 18, Hilo Fish Co. began recalling tuna from Sustainable Seafood Co. and Santa Cruz Seafood that tested positive for the hepatitis A virus.

While the Centers for Disease Control and prevention isn’t aware of any illnesses linked to these products, it’s advising a vaccination of post exposure prophylaxis for unvaccinated persons who may have eaten the contaminated tuna within the past two weeks. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing a list of establishments in Texas, Oklahoma, and California that may currently have contaminated tuna to help alert consumers that may be at risk of the hepatitis A virus. Contact your health care professional if you think you have been exposed to contaminated tuna.

Eckrich recalling more than 90,000 pounds of breakfast sausages due to metal pieces

Armour Eckrich Meats is recalling about 90,978 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday.

The fully cooked pork, turkey, and beef breakfast sausage items were produced and packaged from April 26 through April 28, 2017. The following products are subject to recall:

8,769 cases of 16.6 oz. vacuumed packages containing “ECKRICH SMOK-Y CHEDDAR BREAKFAST SAUSAGE, NATURALLY HARDWOOD SMOKED” on the label, case code/ UPC number “27815 17984,” and a Use By date of “08/17/17.”

Arçelik electric ranges being recalled following plumber’s death

Arçelik A.S. is recalling of about 6,300 Blomberg and Summit electric ranges. The electric ranges can become energized because a screw wasn’t installed to secure the grounding strap during manufacturing, posing electric shock and electrocution hazards.

In August 2016, a 52-year-old plumber from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died from electrocution when he came in contact with an energized range and a grounded object.

This recall involves Blomberg BERU 24200 SS, BERU 24100 SS, and Summit CLRE24 24-inch wide freestanding glass top electric ranges. The ranges were sold in stainless steel and black. A label on the lower frame of the range inside the over door has the brand name “Blomberg” or “Summit,” the model name and number BERU 24200 SS, BERU 24100 SS, or CLRE24 and a 10-digit serial number.

Handheld massagers are being recalled by HoMedics due to electric shock and burn hazards

HoMedics is recalling about 400,000 handheld massagers.

The cord can break near the base of the massager and expose the wires, posing an electric shock and burn hazards.

HoMedics has received 140 reports of exposed wires, sparks, smoking, and some shooting flames coming from the massagers. There have been 15 reports of burn injuries to consumer’s fingers and other parts of the body.

Child backpack carriers being recalled by Osprey due to fall hazard

Osprey is recalling about 82,000 Poco child carriers in the United States and about 5,732 in Canada.

A child seated in the carrier can slip through the leg openings, posing a fall hazard to children.

Osprey has received four reports of children falling through the carrier leg openings, resulting in one report of a skull fracture and one report of scratches to the head.

RipStik motorized caster boards recalled by Razor due to fall hazard

Razor is recalling about 158,000 RipStik motorized caster boards.

The rear wheel can stop rotating and lock up while in use, posing a fall hazard.

Razor has received more than 700 reports of the rear wheel malfunction, resulting in four injuries, including one loose tooth and three scrapes and bruises.

This recall involves Razor RipStik electric motorized caster boards. The boards have two wheels, a hub motor, and a lithium ion battery. They have a wireless digital hand remote that controls the speed up to 10 mph.

EpiPens being recalled due to defective part

Meridian Medical Technologies is recalling of 13 lots of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector products used for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.

The recalled devices may contain a defective part that could cause it to fail to activate. The recalled product was manufactured by Meridian Medical Technologies and distributed by Mylan Specialty.

Although the number of reported failures is small, the EpiPen products are being recalled because of the potential for life-threatening risk if a severe allergic reaction goes untreated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

Dressing shaker bottles are being recalled by BlenderBottle due to laceration hazard

BlenderBottle is recalling about 48,000 Whiskware glass dressing shaker bottles in the United States and about 800 in Canada.

The bottom of the glass dressing shaker bottle can break when the metal agitator strikes the glass bottom, posing a laceration hazard.

The firm has received 12 reports of the bottom of the glass shakers breaking. No injuries have been reported.