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Entries Tagged as 'Product Recalls'

Melamine - umm umm good!

September 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Oh we could add dirt and crap to the flour. No wait, how about some sort of chemical castoff. I have a cousin who can get it for us real cheap. You know some sort of chemical that could make the milk look richer but we would only have to sell water with a bit of whitening agent in it and a thickener.

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Corporate Greed · Food · Product Recalls · Rants · Utter Stupidity

Binky Bling hits the market and bounces right back

August 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

The government declared them a choking and ingestion hazard. Seems some of the crystals come off in baby’s mouth. Well, gee! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this was a real possibility. They were also pulled because of the high lead content in the crystals.

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Tags: Dubious Marketing · Product Recalls · Rants · Utter Stupidity

Easy Bake Oven Recall - the horrors of entrapment

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

About 985,000 Easy Bake Ovens are being recalled due to:

an entrapment and burn hazard
Sounds all rather legal to me… On first glance I thought this was another low fat, no fat, no sugar must use artificial sweetners rant….
You know - Beware the beguilling pink devil for it will surely entrap [...]

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Tags: Childhood · Product Recalls · Silly Moments