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The top U.S. auto-safety regulator is opening an investigation into reported catastrophic engine failures with some Ford Bronco vehicles, yet another setback in the auto maker’s efforts to improve its quality record. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing made public this week that it was opening a formal investigation into a series of reports involving 2021 Ford Bronco SUVs that experienced loss of power at highway speeds. The probe covers nearly 25,500…

Abbott Laboratories ABT -2.25% raised its annual earnings guidance after posting higher than expected revenue from Covid-19 testing products. Abbott, based in Abbott Park, Ill., now forecasts $6.1 billion in revenue from sales of Covid tests this year, up by nearly a third from an earlier projection. Most of those sales have already occurred. It expects just $500 million in sales coming in the next few months. Without the…

LONDON— Boeing Co. BA 0.40% commercial airplanes chief Stan Deal said Sunday the manufacturer was “very close” to resuming 787 Dreamliner deliveries after a nearly two-year pause. Mr. Deal said the regulatory process to win approval for resolving various production defects with the wide-body jets was close to finished. “I don’t think there will be extra innings added,” Mr. Deal said at a news…

Starbucks said the quality issue that led it to pull a breakfast sandwich from its menu ‘would not lead to foodborne illness.’ Photo: Aleksander Kalka/Zuma Press…

CHICAGO—Whole Foods Market aims to re-emphasize its messages on sustainability and food quality as the grocer emerges from the pandemic, the company’s incoming chief executive said at The Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum on Tuesday.Jason Buechel, who is set to take over later this year as Whole Foods’ next chief executive, said there were many distractions during the pandemic, adding that as the new CEO he wants to build on the grocer’s quality standards and efforts to bring products to market. CHICAGO—Whole…

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Juul Labs Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration overlooked a key part of Juul’s application when the agency ordered the e-cigarette maker’s products off the U.S. market, according to court documents.In court filings Tuesday, Juul said the agency overlooked more than 6,000 pages of data that the company had submitted to the FDA on the aerosols that users inhale. Juul also said the agency failed to consider the totality of Juul’s evidence, which the company said established that the public-health benefits of Juul…

A tiny business for 3Mfoam earplugs for the U.S. military—threatens to become a major liability for the manufacturing giant.More than 100,000 U.S. military veterans have filed lawsuits against Minnesota-based 3M over hearing damage linked to what they claim are defects in the company’s military-grade earplugs. The company faces billions of dollars in potential costs from legal settlements or trials after soldiers alleged they returned from war with hearing damage due to the earplugs, which the government bought for…

The latest report notifying federal health regulators that a baby died after it had consumed Abbott Laboratories ’ baby formula mentions the cronobacter bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said.Cronobacter is the same bacteria that previously sickened at least four other infants, including two who died, between September 2021 and February after they had consumed Abbott formula. The bacteria occurs naturally in the environment and can live in dry, powdered foods. It can be fatal in…

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new report of another child’s death after consuming Abbott Laboratories ’ baby formula, the agency said Wednesday. The FDA said it learned about the death, which occurred in January, from a consumer complaint it received on June 10. The FDA said its investigation is in preliminary stages, and it will provide an update as it learns more. The FDA didn’t say which Abbott formula the baby had…