July 18, 2008
 

Sage Products Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation (June 27)


Sage Products Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation (June 27)
As a precautionary measure, Sage Products announced a voluntary recall of limited lots of 2 Percent Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation product. Testing of bulk 2 Percent CHG solution from an outside supplier was found positive for Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia).

Fresca Italia, Inc., Expands Recall of Burrata Cheese Because of Possible Health Risk (June 23)
Fresca Italia is recalling Burrata, a type of cheese, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious 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 fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal, or diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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