New rules came into play last month when the European Union passed guidelines which allows the Commission to recall vehicles and even seize their certification if they fail to meet EU emissions standards.Under the new legislation the Commission can a…

Lisez ceci en français At a time of climate change, our team in France is seeing a high volume of potential drought-related claims. The number of regions in which the authorities have issued decrees on natural disasters is increasing and droughts ar…

Read the English version A l’heure du dérèglement climatique, Sedgwick France enregistre une forte affluence de dossiers dans l’un de ses domaines d’activité : celui des sinistres potentiellement liés à la sécheresse. Le nombre de départements dan…

There has always been a need for managers and employees to be properly trained when handling chemicals in the workplace. However, enhanced sanitization and disinfection protocols for COVID-19 have resulted in the use of new chemicals in the workplace…

It’s been a while since we homed in on recalls of electrical appliances and lighting equipment in our blog series, but as the nights begin to draw in we know that many consumers will be making plans to add some extra glow to their homes in preparatio…

It’s been over two years since carcinogenic nitrosamines were discovered in some widely used drugs. The discovery occurred in 2018 when the contaminant was found in active pharmaceutical ingredients in Valsartan, a blood pressure medication. Since th…

Just over 40 years ago, the New England Journal of Medicine published a five-sentence letter to the editor [1] that would be used to ignite one of the worst public health tragedies of our time. Written by a Massachusetts physician and graduate studen…

COVID-19 may have stalled huge sectors of the global economy, but regulatory oversight in the U.S. remains vigilant and may even be picking up its pace as we move through the third quarter. In fact, medical device recalls in the second quarter reach…

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has become ubiquitous in 2020 but, until now, it has rarely featured in the recall data tables. In 2019, it was subject to 24 notifications, while the figure was 19 in 2018 and 39 in 2017. However, as of 11 Sept…

You might have heard it, thought it or said it out loud yourself in frustration – something like, “2020 is a disaster.” In real terms, this year has thrown more at us than usual, and for many it’s presented an unimaginable combination of hurdles to o…

August was a busy month for food recalls across Europe, with 26 of a possible 27 Member States raising alerts to the European Commission.From 1 August until 1 September, there were 278 separate notifications submitted spanning the entire food and fee…

(Insurance POST) Product quality is essential to business survival, and yet these days it seems recalls are rarely out of the news. Mistakes happen and processes fail often resulting in disastrous consequences to the business and the brand. Given the…

In its effort to further enhance recall effectiveness, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced the launch of SaferCar, a free smartphone app that will notify drivers of recalls on their vehicles by simply inputti…

After a commercial or residential property loss, the building’s physical damage is top of mind. But it’s equally as important to consider the contents inside that were likely destroyed and, as a result, unavailable for inspection. For over 30 years,…

The inarguable fact of COVID-19 is that the coronavirus itself has been an indiscriminate and equal-opportunity tragedy on a global scale. Women and men, young and old, across the world and right next door, COVID-19 has impacted the way in which we l…