May is still a young month, but we've already seen a rash of recalls on everything from SUVs to meat.

This weekend Toyota announced a 90,000 car recall of their popular Highlander SUV. The vehicle was recalled so that the automaker can repair a defect in a third-row seatbelt. This affects all gasoline and hybrid models of the SUV and includes all vehicles produced between May 2007 and March 2008.

The Consumer Products Safety Comission has announced three recalls so far this month. In cooperation with QVC, the agency recalled SoleusAir Space Heaters which sold in QVC's Studio employee and retail stores from December 2007 through March 2008 for between $65 and $80. The unit poses the danger of overheating. QVC reported 9 incidents of flames shooting out of the 1500 watt unit, and 70 additional reports of it smoking, overheating, sparking, melting, and/or emitting burning odors.

The CPSC also announced the recall of a Children's Storage Bin sold at Lowe's. The bin was recalled due to a violation of the lead paint standard, which is potentially harmful to children. The recalled bins are wooden with scalloped edges, came with the item numbers 226782 (green storage bin) or 226781 (pink storage bin). They were sold nationwide at Lowe's between March 2007 and February 2008.

Just this morning the CSPS announced its third recall of the month, for 4,800 Broil King Gas Grills. The grills were recalled because the bottom of the cook box can melt or crack as a result of a grease fire, posing a serious burn hazard to users.

In other recall news, the Queens, NY-based Gourmet Boutique voluntarily recalled more than 30 fresh and frozen food items that had been sent to food service and retail establishments nationwide due to the presence of Listeria.

The products included chicken salad, sandwiches, frozen wraps and burritos sold under the names Gourmet Boutique, Jan's and Archer Farms.

Target, which sells Archer Farms brand food items, announced the affected products were only sold in SuperTarget locations.

The contaminated fresh items were produced between April 19 and 24, 2008, and the frozen items were produced between Oct. 23, 2007 and April 23, 2008. Read more here.

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