<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>DailyFinance.com</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com</link><description>DailyFinance.com</description><image><url>http://o.aolcdn.com/os/df/2013/img/2-dailyfinance_logo_m.png</url><title>DailyFinance.com</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com</link></image><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>44 Million Children's Products Involved in 18 Deaths Recalled in 2010</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="child product recalls consumer ally children's product recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/03/cpsc.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />More than 44 million children's products involved in 18 deaths were <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/">recalled</a> last year - a figure boosted by a crackdown on soon-to-be banned drop-side cribs, the safety group <a href="http://www.kidsindanger.org">Kids In Danger</a> concluded in a report released today.<br />
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Overall, the U.S. <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/">Consumer</a> Product Safety Commission announced 160 child product recalls, the group said, but said progress is being made in the safety arena.<br />
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"These recalls show that we still have a long way to go before children are fully protected from unsafe products," Nancy Cowles, executive director of Kids In Danger, said in a statement. "At the same time, CPSC has taken actions that have had a measurable and definitively positive impact on children's product safety. We can take heart that we are moving in the right direction."<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>44 Million Children's Products Involved in 18 Deaths Recalled in 2010</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19868865/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/07/44-million-childrens-products-involved-in-18-deaths-recalled-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>child product recall</category><category>child product safety</category><category>children</category><category>childrens product recall</category><category>crib recall</category><category>kids in danger</category><category>Product safety</category><category>recall</category><category>stroller recall</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Congress Gives Consumers a Gift, But Some Want to Take it Back</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/12AB/1/300/300/100/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/C445760BCF1B7C714A914E06783818AC74089C36/GYI0062938140_LR1.jpg"><img alt="U.S. Capitol Building" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/03/gyi0062938140.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" /></a>Consumers ought to have a lot of friends. After all it's our money that fuels business in this country - and a lot of other countries, for that matter.<br />
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In about a week, the government is slated to unveil a tool for consumers that catalogs safety concerns and complaints about certain products. The database, which was approved by Congress a few years ago, will allow consumers to make better informed decisions about what the products they buy.<br />
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To little surprise, there's a move in Congress to try to undo it at the last minute. Like sharks sensing blood, industry is circling for the kill. Why? Because big business is afraid that knowledge is power -- and they don't want consumers to have knowledge or power.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Congress Gives Consumers a Gift, But Some Want to Take it Back</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19866719/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/03/04/congress-gives-consumers-a-gift-but-some-want-to-take-it-back/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>china</category><category>congress</category><category>database</category><category>law</category><category>made in chnia</category><category>product safety</category><category>recalls</category><category>senate</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Galeos Dressing, a Biggest Loser Favorite, Flunks Another Round of Tests</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/healthcare/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/food/" rel="tag">Food</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a></p><img alt="galeos dressing lab tests" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/galeos.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" /><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/11/18/lab-tests-galeos-caesar-dressing-not-what-it-claims-to-be/">Galeos Dressing</a>, much hyped as a low-calorie and low-fat dressing promoted by trainer Jillian Michaels and eaten by contestants on the reality show "The Biggest Loser," has failed another set of laboratory tests.<br />
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The law firm Paris Ackerman &amp; Schmierer, which <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/01/class-action-lawsuit-targets-galeos-dressing-after-consumer-ally/">sued the makers of Galeos</a> after Consumer Ally commissioned tests that showed the dressing had nearly 10 times the calories its labels claim, hired a laboratory that also found the dressing was calorie-packed and full-fat. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49562525/Galeos-Lawsuit">The lawsuit alleges</a> that Galeos deceived consumers in buying the products by claiming they were something they weren't.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Galeos Dressing, a Biggest Loser Favorite, Flunks Another Round of Tests</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19859712/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/25/galeos-dressing-a-biggest-loser-favorite-flunks-another-round/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>calories</category><category>class action</category><category>fat</category><category>food</category><category>food labels</category><category>galeos</category><category>galeos dressing</category><category>inaccurate labels</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>salad dressing</category><category>the biggest loser</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BOB Strollers Recalled Over Strangulation Risk</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="bob stroller recall 2011" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/bob-stroller-1298484788.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />More than 350,000 BOB strollers are being <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" injectedlink="">recalled</a> across the U.S. and Canada over concerns a drawstring could strangle a child, the U.S. <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" injectedlink="">Consumer</a><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov"> Product Safety Commission said</a>.<br />
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At least 11 different models - both single and double strollers - are included in this recall, which was announced after an 11-month-old girl got tangled in the drawstring, the CPSC said.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BOB Strollers Recalled Over Strangulation Risk</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19856115/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/23/bob-strollers-recalled-over-strangulation-risk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bob stroller</category><category>bob stroller recall 2011</category><category>bob strollers</category><category>cpsc</category><category>recall</category><category>stroller</category><category>stroller recall</category><category>stroller recall 2011</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spring's Coming (Seriously) And So Are Spring Scams</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/identity-theft/" rel="tag">Identity Theft</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investment-fraud/" rel="tag">Investment Fraud</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/ripoffs-scams/" rel="tag">Ripoffs &amp; Scams</a></p><img alt="spring scams aarp consumer" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/aarp-resize.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />Every change of season brings with it a new set of scams. And even for those still in a deep freeze, spring is on its way ... and so are the spring scams that are sure to follow.<br />
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<a href="http://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-02-2011/spring-scams.1.html">AARP is warning consumers</a> about the scams of spring you can expect to see:<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Spring's Coming (Seriously) And So Are Spring Scams</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19854869/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/springs-coming-seriously-and-so-are-spring-scams/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>aarp</category><category>fraud</category><category>grandparents scam</category><category>parking lot scam</category><category>rental scam</category><category>scams</category><category>warning</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Disney Watch Recall: Buzz Lightyear, Tinker Bell, Lightning McQueen</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="disney watch recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/disney-watch-recall.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />Walt <span class="inlinked">Disney</span> Parks and Resorts has issued a <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11133.html">recall</a> of light-up watches with the images of some of its most popular characters -- Buzz Lightyear, Tinker Bell and Lightning McQueen -- after reports of children suffering skin irritation or burning sensations.<br />
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The <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/">Consumer</a> Product Safety Commission said Disney reported receiving six complaints. The CPSC said it appears the problem is related to current from the battery's watch interacting with nickel in the watch back. Apparently, the affected children are allergic to nickel.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Disney Watch Recall: Buzz Lightyear, Tinker Bell, Lightning McQueen</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19846968/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/16/disney-watch-recall-buzz-lightyear-tinker-bell-lightning-mcqu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>allergy</category><category>buzz lightyear</category><category>cpsc</category><category>disney</category><category>disney world</category><category>disneyland</category><category>Lightning McQueen</category><category>nickel</category><category>recall</category><category>skin irritation</category><category>Tinker Bell</category><category>watch</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>As Seen on TV Reality Check: Consumer Ally Tries Them Out</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/shopping/" rel="tag">Shopping</a></p><img alt="As seen on tv reviews consumer ally pasta boat" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/pastaboat-buy-box-1294864199.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />It's hard to watch TV late at night or early in the morning without seeing those most braggy of <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/walletpop.com/category/ad-rant/">commercials</a>. It seems like every <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/as-seen-on-tv/">As Seen on TV</a> product is the best ever.<br />
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So, here at <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/consumer-ally">Consumer Ally</a> we like to put them through the paces. Our own Lisa Kaplan Gordon lives in a veritable As <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/walletpop.com/category/as-seen-on-tv/">Seen on TV</a> house, cooking and cleaning and even grooming her dogs using As Seen on TV products. We feature a new review every week.<br />
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Here are some <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/walletpop.com/category/failed-products/">products</a> she liked, detested and didn't think much of one way or the other, including <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/06/pasta-boat-review-forget-the-pot-use-the-boat/">Pasta Boat</a> - of her favorites.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>As Seen on TV Reality Check: Consumer Ally Tries Them Out</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19824799/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/15/as-seen-on-tv-reality-check-consumer-ally-tries-them-out/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>as seen on TV review</category><category>as seen on tv reviews</category><category>barkoff</category><category>big top cupcake</category><category>cold fire</category><category>consuimer ally</category><category>lisa kaplan gordon</category><category>null</category><category>one touch can opener</category><category>pasta boat plastic</category><category>reviews</category><category>shoedini</category><category>twin drive</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Video Baby Monitor Recall: Two Babies Strangled in Cords</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="summer baby monitor recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/monitor-strangle.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />Summer Infant Inc. has issued a recall for <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11127.html">1.7 million video baby monitors </a>following the strangulation deaths of two infants in the cords and the near-strangulation of another baby, the <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov">U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> said.<br />
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The deaths of a six-month-old Conway, S.C., boy and a 10-month-old Washington, D.C., girl were reported to the CPSC in the past year. The agency said it learned in January that the product involved in the South Carolina death was a Summer Infant video monitor.<br />
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This comes just months after the CPSC issued a <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5066.pdf">warning </a>that baby monitor cords are a potential danger and had caused at least six deaths.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Video Baby Monitor Recall: Two Babies Strangled in Cords</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19840129/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/11/video-baby-monitor-recall-2-babies-strangled-in-cords/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>baby video monitor</category><category>CPSC</category><category>dangerous products</category><category>recall</category><category>strangulation</category><category>summer infant</category><category>summer infant video monitor</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Super Bowl Seats Fiasco: Lessons for Consumers</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="super bowl seats fiasco consumer"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/super-bowl-seats.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />When we warned about <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/27/super-bowl-brings-out-scams-ticket-hotel-and-check-cash-ripoffs/">scams</a> targeting people headed for the Super Bowl, who knew that it would be the NFL that would end up being the target of so much anger when hundreds of ticket holders arrived and found out their <a href="http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/07/nfl-knew-last-week-there-could-be-seat-problems/">seats didn't exist</a>?<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/consumer-ally">Consumer Ally</a> partner <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/steve+noviello/">Steve Noviello</a>, consumer reporter for KDFW in Super Bowl host city Dallas, shared with us his look at what rights consumers have when the unexpected happens -- like going to a sporting even and finding out your seat is missing or having soup dumped in your lap at a restaurant.<br />
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(<strong><em>Become a fan of <a href="http://on.fb.me/ConsumerAllyFanPage">Consumer Ally</a> on Facebook.)</em></strong><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Super Bowl Seats Fiasco: Lessons for Consumers</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19834888/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/super-bowl-seats-fiasco-lessons-for-consumers/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>consumer ally</category><category>consumer rights</category><category>on your side</category><category>steve noviello</category><category>super bowl</category><category>tickets</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hill's Science Diet Responds to Pet Food Ratings Flap</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="science diet dog food ratings" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/hillslogo.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />Hundreds of pet lovers reacting strongly when <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/27/goodguides-dog-food-ratings-which-products-are-best-and-worst/">Hill's Science Diet was chosen</a> by <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/consumer-ally">Consumer Ally</a> partner <a>GoodGuide.com</a> as the the best dog and cat food on the market.<br />
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Most of the negative reaction centered on the accusation that grain-based pet foods, such as Science Diet and Purina, are bad for animals and that Science Diet is part of a conspiracy with the veterinary community.<br />
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We invited GoodGuide to respond to criticism, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/">which it did</a>, and now Colgate Palmolive subsidiary Hill's has too.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Hill's Science Diet Responds to Pet Food Ratings Flap</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19829554/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/04/hills-science-diet-responds-to-pet-food-ratings-flap/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cat food</category><category>dog food</category><category>good guide</category><category>goodguide</category><category>hills science diet</category><category>pet food</category><category>Science diet</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Government Issues Recall of Another Lethal Crib</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="crib recall generation2" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/gen2-crib.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right; width: 162px; height: 257px;" />The federal government issued a <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11119.html">warning</a> today about the SafetyCraft line of cribs, which is believed to be identical to a brand of cribs blamed in the <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/09/deaths-spark-crib-recall-cspc-says-to-stop-using-generation-2-a/">deaths of three babies</a> and puts infants at risk of suffocation or strangulation.<br />
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The low-cost, drop-side cribs were made by now-defunct Generation 2 Worldwide, whose Childesigns brand was recalled a year ago after being connected to 20 other incidents, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.<br />
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Those who have the cribs mentioned in this recall are urged to get rid of them.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Government Issues Recall of Another Lethal Crib</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19827870/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/03/government-issues-recall-of-another-lethal-crib/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cpsc</category><category>crib death causes</category><category>crib deaths</category><category>crib recall</category><category>crib recalls</category><category>cribs</category><category>drop side crib</category><category>generation 2</category><category>safety craft</category><category>safetycraft</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Consumer Ally Responds to Dog Food Ratings Brouhaha</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/food/" rel="tag">Food</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a></p><img alt="science diet best dog food goodguide" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/02/goodguide-1296592867.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />When we ran the results of <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/27/goodguides-dog-food-ratings-which-products-are-best-and-worst/">GoodGuide's ratings</a> of pet food, we learned just how passionate some people are about their dogs.<br />
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After hundreds of comments, hundreds more emails and untold discussions about GoodGuide's choice of Science Diet as its top brand, we turned back to GoodGuide to respond to the criticism. We've also reached out to Science Diet and -- based on the conversation started by our readers -- we will be doing our own story about what to look for when you going shopping for pet food.<br />
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The main issues leveled against <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/consumer-ally">Consumer Ally</a> and its partner, <a href="http://goodguide.com">GoodGuide.com</a>, involve encouraging support for a product critics said is made primarily from grains and filler. And some suggested the food includes the rendered remains of pets and that veterinarians nationwide are complicit in an elaborate bribery plot that now involves GoodGuide and AOL.<br />
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"Your list of good dog foods is a crime. Science Diet is one of the worst dog foods available, as are the rest of the ones you listed as 'good,' one reader wrote. "I can guess who put you up to this ridiculous article. How do you sleep at night, (<em>expletive deleted</em>)?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Consumer Ally Responds to Dog Food Ratings Brouhaha</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19823601/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/01/consumer-ally-responds-to-dog-food-ratings-brouhaha/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>consumer ally</category><category>dog food</category><category>dog food ratings</category><category>good guide</category><category>goodguide</category><category>pet food</category><category>pet food ratings</category><category>science diet</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Consumer Ally Interview: Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch Talks Safety</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/26/consumer-ally-interview-toys-r-us-ceo-jerry-storch-talks-safety/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/26/consumer-ally-interview-toys-r-us-ceo-jerry-storch-talks-safety/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/26/consumer-ally-interview-toys-r-us-ceo-jerry-storch-talks-safety/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a></p>Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch is proud his stores have collected and destroyed more than 300,000 children's products. There's a reason for the destruction and there's a reason for his boasting about it.<br />
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Too often there are examples of companies that seem to disregard the safety of consumers -- even child-product manufacturers who knowingly leave dangerous products on the market.<br />
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So, when a company tries to do something with a nod toward safety -- even if it benefits its bottom line -- it's worth noting.<br />
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It is almost exactly one year since Graco recalled <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/01/20/1-5-million-strollers-recalled-after-amputations-of-kids-finger/">1.5 million strollers</a> after five children lost their fingertips in those strollers. That recall followed one a few months earlier by Maclaren, which <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/1-million-strollers-recalled-by-maclaren-after-reports-of-severe/">recalled 1 million strollers</a> after a dozen children lost fingertips.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/21/philandteds-jogging-stroller-recalled-after-finger-tip-cut-off/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>phil&amp;teds Jogging Strollers Recalled After Finger Tip Cut Off</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/21/philandteds-jogging-stroller-recalled-after-finger-tip-cut-off/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19810136/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/21/philandteds-jogging-stroller-recalled-after-finger-tip-cut-off/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>amputation</category><category>cpsc</category><category>jogging stroller</category><category>jogging stroller recall</category><category>phil ted</category><category>stroller recall</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IKEA Recalls 'RUND' Glass Mugs After Incidents</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a></p><img alt="ikea mug recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/01/ikea-mugs.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />IKEA is recalling about 128,000 of its "RUND" clear glass mugs after a dozen incidents of them shattering while being used, the <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11105.html" target="_blank">U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> said.<br />
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About 13,000 of the mugs were sold at <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/IKEA/">IKEA </a>stores across the U.S. and another 3,000 were purchased in Canada. The rest were sold in other countries.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>IKEA Recalls 'RUND' Glass Mugs After Incidents</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19809000/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/ikea-recalls-rund-glass-mugs-after-incidents/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cpsc</category><category>ikea</category><category>ikea mug recall</category><category>ikea mugs</category><category>ikea recall</category><category>ikea rund</category><category>rund recall</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Massive Propane Recall: Feds Warn of Explosion Danger</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/healthcare/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/family-money/" rel="tag">Family Money</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="propane recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2011/01/propane.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />A massive propane <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/recall/">recall</a> was launched today after it was discovered some of the fuel did not contain the substance normally injected that would allow people to smell a leak, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.<br />
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The government warned of the risk of explosion.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Massive Propane Recall: Feds Warn of Explosion Danger</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19808660/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/20/massive-propane-recall-feds-warn-of-explosion-danger/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>consumer ally</category><category>consumer product safety commission</category><category>cpsc</category><category>no odor</category><category>propane fuel</category><category>propane gas</category><category>propane heat</category><category>propane recall</category><category>recall</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The 10 Biggest Consumer Product Recalls of 2010</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a></p><img alt="Shrek product recall 2010" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2010/12/shrek.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin: 4px; float: right;" />The biggest consumer product <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/recall/">recall </a>of 2010, it turned out, should not have been a recall at all.<br />
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But a dozen recalls involved more than 1 million products apiece and left consumers scrambling to repair, replace or get rid of products found to pose safety hazards or have dangerous defects.<br />
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When McDonald's recalled 12 million <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/04/mcdonalds-recall-12-million-tainted-shrek-glasses/">Shrek glasses</a> over concerns they had dangerous levels of cadmium, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission had yet to set official limits for what constituted dangerous. When they did a few months later, the result was the Shrek glasses would not have been recalled.<br />
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So, here are the 10 largest recalls of 2010 issued by the CPSC by the number of products recalled:<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The 10 Biggest Consumer Product Recalls of 2010</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19773897/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/27/the-10-biggest-consumer-product-recalls-of-2010/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>blinds</category><category>cadmium</category><category>ChokingHazard</category><category>circuit breakers</category><category>CPSC</category><category>cribs</category><category>dangerous products</category><category>dishwasher-dead-samurai</category><category>fire</category><category>MaytagRepairMan</category><category>recall</category><category>strollers</category><category>window coverings</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2 Million Heaters Sold at Walmart Recalled, Blamed in Fires</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/family-money/" rel="tag">Family Money</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="Walmart heater recall" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2010/12/heater.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />More than 2 million portable electric heaters sold at <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/Walmart/">Walmart </a>stores are being recalled after 21 incidents, including fires in which four consumers were hurt, the <a href="http://cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11069.html">U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> said.<br />
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Flow Pro, Airtech, Aloha Breeze &amp; Comfort Essentials 1500 watt heaters are being <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/recall/">recalled</a>. They are gray and have vents and metal handles. The Chinese-made heaters were sold at Walmart stores for about $18 between December 2001 and October 2009. They have the model number 1013 on the label that is on the bottom left on the back of the heater.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2 Million Heaters Sold at Walmart Recalled, Blamed in Fires</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19766099/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/16/2-million-heaters-sold-at-walmart-recall-blamed-in-fires/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cpsc</category><category>fire</category><category>heater recall</category><category>heater recall 2010</category><category>recall</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>walmart</category><category>walmart heater recall</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds Change the Way Cribs Must be Made; Nearly All Cribs Unsafe Under New Rules</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/recalls/" rel="tag">Recalls</a></p><img alt="crib safety rules change" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2010/12/cribstory.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" />The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today made sweeping changes about how cribs must be made -- banning the once ubiquitous drop-side crib -- and requiring safety standards that few cribs on the market today can meet. That means virtually every crib in use or for sale in the country today will be considered unsafe under the new standards.<br />
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About 10 million <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/CribRecall/">cribs</a> have been recalled in the past few years as the enormity of the design failings of drop-side cribs have become more clear in the face of hundreds of documented incidents, including some 50 <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/12/10/sleeping-like-a-baby-more-than-9-million-childrens-sleep-produ/">deaths</a> over the past decade. The main culprits have been the drop-side crib and flimsy hardware. The resulting hazard has caused infants to get trapped -- and sometimes suffocate -- when gaps opened between the side of the crib and the mattress.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Feds Change the Way Cribs Must be Made; Nearly All Cribs Unsafe Under New Rules</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19761170/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/15/feds-change-the-way-cribs-must-be-made-nearly-all-cribs-unsafe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>child product safety</category><category>child safety</category><category>cpsc</category><category>crib safety</category><category>cribs</category><category>safe sleep</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Consumer Complaints Against DIRECTV lead to $14 million Settlement</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/consumer-ally/" rel="tag">Consumer Ally</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a></p><img alt="DirecTV complaints" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2010/12/directvdish.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" /><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/tag/Directv/">DIRECTV</a>, one of the most complained-about companies in the country, has reached <a href="http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P7240028">a settlement with all 50 states</a> and the District of Columbia <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/08/04/satellite-tv-customer-complaints-keep-mounting-bbb/">on a variety of consumer protection issues</a>, including its notorious cancellation penalties.<br />
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The company has agreed to pay about $14 million and abide by a collection of rules of conduct for how it will treat its customers.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Consumer Complaints Against DIRECTV lead to $14 million Settlement</em></a></p><br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/forward/19761131/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/14/consumer-complaints-against-directv-lead-to-14-million-settleme/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>directv</category><category>directv complaints</category><category>directv settlement</category><category>directv settlement 2010</category><category>settlement</category><dc:creator>Mitch Lipka</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:36:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>