The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide

Polaris ATVs being recalled due to fuel leaks, fire hazards

Polaris is recalling about 25,600 Sportsman 570 all-terrain vehicles.

Fuel can leak into the headlight pod, posing fuel leak and fire hazards.

Polaris has received 30 reports of fuel leaks and four incidents involving a fire. No injuries have been reported.

New defect found in Takata airbags resulting in 2.7 million additional vehicles being recalled

The Takata Corp. is recalling an additional 2.7 million airbags. The new recall applies to Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles produced from 2005 to 2012.

New tests showed that a chemical drying agent in the airbag inflators might cause a rupture in the driver side airbags, Takata said.

Takata will be working with vehicle manufacturers to determine which vehicles had the affected inflators installed either as original equipment or replacement equipment during service. As this work continues, vehicle recalls will be announced by the vehicle manufacturers.

South Shore's recall of chest of drawers expanded due to tip-over and entrapment hazards

South Shore is recalling about 68,300 5-drawer chest of drawers. This includes the 3,500 recalled in January.

The recalled chests are unstable if they aren’t anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children. The chests don’t meet the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary industry standard.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

American Promotional Events recalls fireworks due to burn and injury hazards

American Promotional Events is recalling about 36,100 TNT Red, White, & Blue Smoke fireworks.

The fireworks can explode unexpectedly after being lit, posing burn and injury hazards to consumers.

The company has received three incident reports, resulting in three people suffering burn injuries. No property damage has been reported.

Hazen mesh office chairs being recalled by Staples due to fall hazard

Staples is recalling about 124,000 Hazen Mesh Task chairs.

The legs on the base of the chair can break, posing a fall hazard.

Staples has received 20 reports of the legs breaking on the chairs, including three reports of injuries resulting in minor cuts and bruises.

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.