Recall archive/Weekly round-ups/28 April 2014 – 4 May 2014
AUSTRALIAN RECALL ROUND-UP

28 April 2014 – 4 May 2014.

7 product recalls were published during this week. Review the summaries below, then follow the official source before taking action.

Home electrical appliances

449 Series Self-Diagnostic Photoelectric Smoke Detector

When the Smoke Detectors are near a device with frequency levels ranging between 440Mhz – 470Mhz, the Smoke Detectors may possibly become idle or activate false alarms. Some devices, such as Satellite Phones and hand-held ‘Walkie Talkies’, use this frequency range for their operation.

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Pharmacy and medical products

Accu-Chek Mobile

It has been identified that the antibiotic ceftriaxone can interfere with the way the measurement is made and may lead to incorrectly low blood glucose readings. Ceftriaxone is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of common infections.

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