Chewy Chips Ahoy Recall A Chewy Chips Ahoy recall has been issued after reports of an “unexpected solidified ingredient” in numerous packages. The recall was announced last Tuesday. There have been other reports which mentioned “adverse health effects” as well, though the company did not elaborate on what those health effects may have been. The Read More

Ending Social Media Likes For Kids The United Kingdom’s privacy authority has mentioned the idea of limiting children’s use of likes on social media outlets, calling it a “reinforcement technique.” The idea behind this would be that these artificial likes are what keep children glued to social media, and giving up their personal data. In Read More

Mrs. Smith’s Real Butter Class Action Lawsuit Everyone knows Mrs. Smith – she makes those pies found in your local grocery’s freezer section. Mrs. Smith says her pies are “just like homemade” with a “flaky crust made with real butter,” and even emblazons the box with a “blue ribbon,” like they award to the best Read More

Cloud 9 Class Action A recent Class Action Lawsuit was filed against Cloud 9 Smoke Company after it was reported that the company began sending unsolicited text massages as part of a marketing campaign to advertise their products and services. Here’s what we know about the Cloud 9 Lawsuit. Per the complaint (embedded below) there Read More

Cento Tomato Class Action Lawsuit A recent class action lawsuit against Cento Fine Foods Inc. alleges that the company has been deceiving many consumers when claiming that its canned San Marzano tomatoes were the “certified,” real deal San Marzanos, which are known to be possibly the most  “rare” and “premium” types of tomato. Rumors of Read More

Valley National Bank Overdraft Fees Banks across the country often offer services like overdraft protection to prevent their customers from overdrawing their accounts. Usually, when an account becomes overdrawn, customers are charged overdraft fees to recompense the bank and are expected to pay these fees back before a certain, agreed upon, date. These overdraft and Read More

Medicare Fraud Unfolds This past Tuesday, federal officials announced charges stemming from one of the largest health care fraud schemes in history. The alleged crimes, which resulted in more than $1.2 billion in medicare losses, spanned continents and ensnared hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting disabled and elderly patients with telemarketers from overseas offering low-cost or Read More

It’s possible that the esteemed Mercedes-Benz company just had a fender bender with their reputation. The luxury car maker is now being forced to backtrack on its $16 million marketing campaign that claims their 2019 Sprinter Cargo Van is made in the USA. Evidently, the cars are not made in the United States, according to Read More

Conagra Brands has issued a recall of a limited number of 6-oz. cans of Hunt’s Tomato Paste No Salt Added. Here’s what we know about the Hunt’s Tomato Paste Recall. Evidently, after the canning process, the final product may have been damaged, creating a potential for mold to grow inside. Conagra Brands and Hunt’s became Read More

This past Friday, The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price issued a warning citing reports of 10 infant deaths since 2015 that are possibly linked to use of the Rock n’ Play Sleeper. However, this was quickly followed on Tuesday with an announcement by the The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an organization of Read More

State Farm Universal Life Insurance Overpayment Generally, as adolescence blooms into adulthood there are many different decisions we are faced with making. One of these decisions is whether or not to buy life insurance. Your income level, living situation, and family commitments, however, may dictate your policy details and exactly when you do so choose Read More

Democratic Senators Crackdown On JUUL While leaving his post, Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA Commissioner, was quoted as being highly critical of the popular e-cigarette maker JUUL, on numerous occasions. He even went as far as claiming that the company has had a direct role in the increase of teen vaping. Concern for JUUL has Read More

The FDA Cracks Down On CBD It’s been reported that the FDA is sending out warning letters to CBD companies. Truth in Advertising tells us that Cannabidiol or CBD as it is commonly known is a darling of the wellness community. Is there anything that CBD — the non-high inducing yin to the high-inducing yang Read More

It has been reported that UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, has recently uncovered that Facebook inadvertently had uploaded millions of private user records to Amazon’s publicly accessible cloud computing servers. Consume Affairs tells us that Cultura Colectiva, one of two third-party Facebook app developers that stored user data on Amazon servers, had stored 146 gigabytes of Read More

GPS Lifetime Maps Scam In recent months we’ve seen a trend among many consumers in that their GPS devices are no longer working as advertised. Drivers across the world are not getting what they’ve paid for as their GPS Lifetime Maps options have been ripped from underneath them, rendering their GPS devices useless. Despite these Read More