Founded in 1999, Dexcom has become a leading developer of the continuous glucose monitor. For people with diabetes, wearing a glucose monitor eliminates the need for fingerstick tests and allows their blood sugar levels to be tracked around the clock. When a patient's blood sugar shifts dangerously, Dexcom will alert them. Initially, the company's products primarily served people with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that typically develops in adolescence. Over time, its research expanded to include those with Type 2 diabetes as well.
Today bicycle accessory brand Knog has issued a product recall on a number of its front bike lights, stating that a number of early batches "were manufactured with batteries that could potentially degrade over time, cause malfunction, and in some cases, pose a fire hazard." The front lights affected are the Blinder 900, Blinder 1300, Blinder 80 StVZO, and the Blinder 120 StVZO. Affected batches can be identified by cross-referencing the batch code on the underside of the light with the affected codes listed on the Knog website.
Two major high street chains, Next and Matalan, have recalled items from their Miss Summer clothing range due to a risk of strangulation from decorative cords that exceed permissible lengths.
Ritz mistakenly labeled peanut butter crackers as cheese crackers, prompting Mondelez International to issue a recall due to severe nut allergy risks, despite correct outer carton labeling.