The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) announced on Thursday that Evenflo has issued a high chair recall that covers 643,000 chairs, while at the same time expanding a previous recall by 90,000 additional chairs.

ALDI, short for "ALbrecht DIscount," has its Cambridge cheese crackers with peanut butter and Grandessa peanut butter cookies as a precautionary measure against salmonella.

It's this year's e. coli scare, and it's not getting any better, but rather, it's getting worse. It now seems to have a name, the peanut butter recall of 2009.

It appears a voluntary recall of Kellogg's peanut butter crackers is not enough, nor is the recall of 21 lots of peanut butter over possible salmonella contamination. The FDA has now told consumers to avoid all foods containing peanut butter, for now.

Since China’s vehicle recall policy took effect four year ago, carmakers in the country have recalled their defective vehicles over 120 times, involving a total of 1,546,600 units, said the Shanghai Securities News today.

On Friday afternoon (after the stock market close, go figure) Apple recalled millions of iPhone 3G power adapters. The recall covers Latin America, North America and Japan. The problem: weak prongs on the adapter may break off and remain stuck in an outlet, causing a risk of shock.

Swedish truck-maker Volvo has announced a recall of some 125,000 vehicles in North America after faults were found in a lighting system that could cause fires.