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A recall is in effect for one million baby slings after they were linked to three infant deaths. The product safety recall involves baby slings made by the company Infantino. The product models that were recalled were “SlingRIder” and “Wendy Bellissimo”. Parents have been urged to immediately stop using the slings for babies under four months due to the risk of suffocation.

Consumer Reports raised concerns about the slings back in 2008 due to the position babies can fall into while inside the sling. The baby sling recall affects slings sold by Infantino from 2003 to 2010 at many big-name retailers including Target, Babies R Us and Burlington Coat Factory.

Florida-based Publix supermarkets issued a product recall on four seasoning mix packets for fear that they may contain salmonella. Publix cited its commitment to food safety as a reason for the food recall. Publix believes the vegetable protein contained in the packets may have been contaminated with salmonella.

According to a story in the Orlando Business Journal, the possibly contaminated protein was supplied by a Las Vegas company, Basic Food Flavors. Salmonella can be a deadly bacteria and has caused fatal infections in people with weak immune systems especially children and the elderly.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is set to issue a warning about what it considers to be a dangerous product. The target of the warning is the baby sling. The soft baby carriers that are strapped to parent’s chests have got the attention of the government due to infant deaths caused by suffocation inside the baby sling.

So far no particular company’s product has been recalled or singled out but both sides are drawing battle lines. The maker’s of the baby sling are touting their products are safe and a great way for a mother to bond with her new baby. A nurse and competitor in the baby carrier market claims the baby slings restrict a child’s breathing due to the position of the baby inside the sling.

Despite nearly 500 children being strangled on the cords of blinds and shades in the last 30 years, very little progress has been made on the Government’s end to regulate the safety of the product. According to the Associated Press over the last 15 years shades and blinds are some of the deadliest products subject to recall. While there have been redesigns and safety upgrades the number of children strangled by cords has not really dropped off.

The industry that makes blinds and shades reported $2.5 billion in revenue in 2009 and according to some product liability lawyers the industry has been slow to address problems. Product liability lawsuits have been filed in the past against manufacturers and retailers like Wal-Mart and while many have succeeded financially, it hasn’t forced the industry to radically change its product to stop the average of one child death a month due to strangulations.