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Walmart announced over the weekend a recall of a brand of chicken barbecue pizza carried at Walmart.

The recall is not a huge deal, there is a little bit of plastic apparently in some of these pizzas. But can anyone tell me why 90% of recalls are announced on Fridays or over the weekend?

Lexis issued a recall for the 2010 Lexus HS250h hybrids. The problem that led to the Lexus HS250h recall is a problem we typically see rarely outside of the movies: an exploding or burning car. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that Lexus HS250h failed to meet its fuel leakage standard in crash tests. Left unanswered: why this Lexus was allowed on the market in the first place. On this, eyes turn to both Lexus and the NHTSA.

Eyes are also turning to Toyota/Lexus. At parties and such when people ask about Toyota/Lexus, I have maintained that Toyota puts out a pretty good car. But these recalls are wearing me down and making that position much harder to maintain.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall yesterday of over 2 million cribs. The problem? The risk of infants suffocating while being stuck between the railing and the crib and suffocate. This recall includes models by Bona Vita, Babi Italia, Child Craft, Delta Enterprise, Evenflo, Jardine, ISSI, Million Dollar Baby and Simmons brands.

This is a massive recall involving as many as 46 reported deaths.

Depomed will recall 52 lots of the diabetes drug Glumetza due to the presence of traces 2,4,6-tribromoanisole, a chemical in Glumetza's 500 mg bottle. The culprit? Apparently, a chemical used to treat the wood on the pallets that transported the Glumetza.

Recall are never a good thinga and always costly but this one should not cause to much fallout. The chemical apparently causes gastrointestinal probems that are not fatal or even long term.

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Over 5,000 battery packs used in some defibrillators have been recalled due to a defect. The FDA recall was because the batteries had the potential to falsely detect an error condition during charging for a shock and then cancel the charge.

You don't get a chance to test these defibrillators out very much. When you do, you would like it to work.

GM issued a recall for approximately 15 different models of GM cars - roughly 1.3 million vehicles in the United States.

As a result of this recall, GM is stepping up to the plate. Well, sort of. GM announced that they will be disabling the heated windshield washer feature and because each vehicle will no longer have the heated windshield washer fluid system, it will pay each owner $100 for the loss of the heated windshield washer fluid system feature.

Had GM had not done this as a result of this recall, you surely would have had a class action lawsuit for the loss of this feature. This would have led to pretty much the same result, I suspect. The only difference is a bunch of lawyers would have also walked off with millions. This maneuver cuts out the middle man. Smart play on GM's part.

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NHTSA is investigating three reports of gas pedals getting stuck under floor mats in 2010 Ford Fusions and Mercury Milans.

AP is reporting that a Ford spokesperson points to drivers stacking floor mats on top of floor mats as the cause of the problem. In anticipation of this absurd practice, Ford already has warnings on their all-weather mats advising customers not to pile them and to secure them properly to the floor.

Assuming for a second this is not just Ford's spin on the case, it would certainly seem to bar any plaintiff's lawsuit if the real cause of the accident is the stacking of floor mats. Placing proper warnings on a product is so incredibly important. But unnecessary and obvious warnings like this just dilute the important messages that should be on warnings.

Certainly, everyone will blame mass tort lawyers because Ford had to put on ridiculous warnings to protect them from frivolous lawsuits. Please. Fending off frivolous lawsuits is a drop in the bucket for a company like Ford. Holding products liability lawyers responsible for Ford's overreaction is misplaced. Ford can blithely rely on a "do not stack mats" warning because it does not cost them market share. But when you put on a "Hey, this thing is real likely to rollover if you get a little crosswind" does cost market share. Spare me the useless warnings and tell me what I really need to know about the safety risks of your product.

McDonald's has issued a recall of 12 million of its Shrek-themed glasses beause it contains the toxic chemical cadmium found on the glasses' design. These Shrek glasses that are the subject of this recall are likely not putting children in immenent risk but long term exposure to cadmium - which is undeniably toxic - can be harmful.

The disturbing part of this little saga is how the recall came about. Apparently, the recall originated with an anonymous tip to a congressman from California that the Shrek glasses contained this toxic substance. The congressman, Rep. Jackie Speier, had the Consumer Product Safety Commission test the glasses and, sure enough, the Shrek glasses contained cadmium.

An anonymous call? Ah, yeah, we are going to need to know a little more about that. We should also get an answer to the classic question: what did McDonald's know about these Shrek glasses and when did it know it.

Congressman Speier stated the obvious: "“Our children’s health should not depend on the consciences of anonymous sources. Although McDonald’s did the right thing by recalling these products, we need stronger testing standards to ensure that all children’s products are proven safe before they hit the shelves."

Whirlpool has issued a recall of 1.7 million dishwashers. The risk? There have been 12 reported cases of overheating resulting in fires, apparently caused by a design defect in the dishwasher's electrical system. The Whirlpool dishwashers at issue were sold from February 2006 through April 2010.