Tag: Product Recall

Aruba Aloe Balm is recalling Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel, which is sold across the U.S., after finding methanol in the products.Substantial exposure to methanol, a toxic alcohol typically found in antifreeze and windshield washer fluid, can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, blindness, damage to the central nervous system or death, the Oranjestad, Aruba-based company stated in a notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration. Anyone using the recalled products on their hands are at risk, while children who accidentally ingest them and adolescents and adults who drink them as an alcohol substitute are most at risk for methanol poisoning, according to the company. Image of recal...

BlendJet Inc. is recalling about 4.8 million portable blenders sold at Costco, Target and Walmart after receiving reports of blades breaking off as well as the product overheating or catching fire, resulting in dozens of injuries. The Benicia, California-based company has heard of 329 incidents in which BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders' blades broke off while in use, and an additional 17 reports of overheating or fires that have resulted in property damage claims of roughly $150,000, according to a notice posted Thursday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.BlendJet has also received 49 reports of minor burn injuries and one laceration injury.  "While none of the reported incidents resulted in serious injury or significant property damage, out of an ab...