The Procter & Gamble Company announced today it is voluntarily recalling three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in three countries: the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. The company said it is taking this precautionary step after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of product made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany.

Nokia Corporation issued a recall Monday for 14 million mobile phone chargers that may pose a risk for electric shock to consumers. Nokia has not received reports of injuries or accidents related to the chargers as of this time and the recall is precautionary.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Alexia Foods is voluntarily recalling packages of its Alexia – Olive Oil, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Pesto Oven Reds (frozen seasoned potato wedges) for an undeclared allergen, pine nuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pine nuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

The product was distributed to retail stores nationwide.

Nearly 1 million roller blinds and Roman shades sold by IKEA, Bed Bath & Beyond and Hanover Direct were recalled this week for posing a serious strangulation risk to small children.

A recall involving two types of Halloween-themed flashlights sold exclusively at Target was announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The flashlights can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers

The Blair catalog house announced yesterday that it is expanding its previously announced recall of chenille robes to cover all chenille clothes made at a plant in Pakistan after the company received reports of additional deaths caused when the clothes caught fire.

Plum Organics, a producer of baby foods based in Emeryville, California, has issued a recall of some of its products over concerns about the potential for botulism contamination.

Nutricia North America has started a voluntary recall and replacement of one (1) lot of the specialized infant formula product, Neocate. This recall involves a limited quantity of approximately 3700 cans.

As if the all problems that the U.S. auto industry had were not enough now there is 1.5 million GM recalls of cars due to fire risk. General Motors' 1.5 million units of recall due to a engine risk is a serious matter and cannot go unnoticed.

This morning an enormous Maytag recall is announced. The fire hazard has prompted a Maytag Refrigerator recall, which affects 1.6 million units of refrigerators.

Here is a roundup of recent consumer recalls by the U.S. Government. This information is available on Recalls.gov.

Most of the recalls are involving the Peanut Corporation of America and its wide ranging effects across other industries. In addition, there are vehicle and product recalls listed as well.

On Wednesday Toyota announced a massive global recall of three models, resulting in a total recall of 1.35 million vehicles worldwide.