How do products get recalled?
Often products are recalled after they have injured or killed a child -sometimes not even then. This is because the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates recalls under crippling guidelines, which do more to protect manufacturers than consumers. That is why companies can wait until more than hundreds of complaints have been filed before they announce a recall. How many recalls are there? Children’s products are recalled as often as twice a week. That means there are on average over 100 children’s products recalled per year. Chances are you have a recalled product, which is why it is so important to check. If two children’s products are recalled every week why don’t I hear about them? When a product is recalled – even a product that has killed multiple children – manufacturers rarely pay to advertise the recall. Instead, they ask the press to report it in newspapers and magazines. This news is very easy to miss. In fact, when a baby product is recalled, manufacturers t
