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A product recall is a request from a manufacturer to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects that might endanger the consumer or put the maker/seller at risk of legal action. The recall is an effort to limit ruination of the corporate image and limit liability for corporate negligence, which can cause ...
Meridia was recalled from the U.S. market in 2010 after it was found to increase a person's risk of heart attack and stroke. Is mislabeled or packaged poorly. Sometimes a medicine is recalled ...
What does a recall mean? On a basic level, a recall means that there is something about a product that can harm the user, Dr. Gina Posner, a board-certified pediatrician at MemorialCare Orange ...
Precision and recall. Precision and recall. In pattern recognition, information retrieval, object detection and classification (machine learning), precision and recall are performance metrics that apply to data retrieved from a collection, corpus or sample space . Precision (also called positive predictive value) is the fraction of relevant ...
FDA's role under the guidelines is to monitor company recalls and assess the adequacy of a firm's action. After a recall is completed, FDA makes sure that the product is destroyed or suitably reconditioned and investigates why the product was defective. Generally, FDA accepts reports and other necessary recall information submitted by e-mail.
The bottom line. Three varieties of Robitussin brand cough syrup are being recalled due to microbial contamination. Individuals with suppressed immune systems should be aware of potentially life ...
Core needle biopsy. Using a slightly larger, hollow needle, the doctor removes several tissue samples from the suspicious area in the breast. Before inserting this needle, the doctor will numb the ...
A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of office has ended. Recalls appear in the constitution in ancient Athenian democracy.