Yesterday, Costco Canada announced a safety recall for two varieties of their Kirkland Signature bakery cookies because they might have little bits of metal in them.  Luckily, no one has been injured or gotten sick from the cookies though. The cookies that are being recalled are the really delicious Chocolate Chunk Cookies (Item #: 237361) and the [...]

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Sony has announced a safety notification for Vaio notebooks that were sold between January 2010 and April 2010 at Costco, as well as Fry’s, Best Buy and Amazon.com.  There is a potential safety issue affecting certain units within the VPCF11 and VPCCW2 series of notebook PCs.  In rare instances, these notebook computers may overheat due to [...]

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You may have seen these really cute children’s beds that looked like a pirate ship at Costco over the last couple of years.  And if you bought one, you definitely want to be aware of the recall on them.  The pirate boat bed, Item # 213792, was sold exclusively at Costco from January 2006 through January [...]

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The Agio Outdoor Fire Column, item number 421075, was sold exclusively at Costco locations from August 1, 2009 – March 2, 2010.  It is being recalled due to a potential fire hazard that was discovered due to customer complaints of their columns catching on fire.  So far there have been five fires reported, but no [...]

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You may have heard about the recent recalls as a result of possible salmonella bacteria contamination in a flavor enhancer added to lots of different types of foods.  The recall started in the United States and has now spread to Canada too.  Apparently, there is a worry that a hydrolyzed vegetable protein that is used [...]

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