Hobby Lobby recalls white wood stools due to fall, injury hazards

BALTIMORE, MD—Hobby Lobby has announced the recall of approximately 14,000 white wood stools sold at stores nationwide. The company says the stools can break during use, posing fall and injury hazards. The recall involves the White Wood Stool, which has a wooden brown curved seat, with squared-off legs that are painted white with a touch of distressing. The legs have […]

Joovy recalls Zoom 360 Ultralight jogging strollers due to fall hazard

BALTIMORE, MD—Joovy has announced the recall of approximately 9,200 Zoom 360 Ultralight jogging strollers. The company says the stroller’s front wheel bearing can fail or detach, posing a fall and injury hazard. There have been 25 incidents of restricted front wheel movement reported, including 12 incidents where the wheel fork bearing wore through the housing and detached, with one fall […]

Greenhead Lobster Products recalls frozen cooked lobster products due to possible Listeria risk

BALTIMORE, MD—Greenhead Lobster Products has announced a recall of 5,749 lbs. of frozen cooked lobster meat because of a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe […]

Espi’s Sausage and Tocino Co. recalls ready-to-eat chicken, pork hot hog products due to possible Listeria risk

WASHINGTON—Espi’s Sausage and Tocino Co. is recalling approximately 2,048 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat chicken and pork hot dog products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this week. The frozen ready-to-eat chicken and pork hot dog product was produced on May 19, 2021. The following products are subject […]

SunTree Snack Foods recalls some cashews, trail mix sold in Maryland due to potential presence of glass pieces

BALTIMORE, MD—SunTree Snack Foods LLC is recalling specific items of Happy Belly, Prince & Spring, Harris Teeter, and HEB brand names that contain specific lots of cashews due to the potential presence of glass pieces. The following items are being recalled: Product labels can be viewed online here (PDF). No injuries have been reported to date. Although the investigation is […]

Gas prices inch lower as Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Houston refineries

BALTIMORE, MD—The nation’s average gas price has fallen 1.9 cents per gallon from a week ago to $3.15 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 2.8 cents from a month ago but 97.7 cents per gallon higher […]