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If it seems like companies are recalling more of their products, you're not imaging things. Last year, over 344 separate consumer products, 87 food products and nearly 500 car and child safety products were recalled.

Last year, most of the major car companies have recalled hundreds of thousands of vehicles to replace various types of problems, from gear shifts to oil rings. Various food products have been recalled, including several types of meat possibly tainted with e-coli bacteria. Perhaps most scary of all are the many recalls of products we buy for our children, including happy meal toys, car seats, and strollers. This year, the pace of recalls has also been fast and furious.

Some safety product recalls in March 2002:

  • 919,000 child car seats
  • 124,000 soap-making kits
  • 23,000 deli turkey
  • 14,000 bottles of dietary supplements
  • 7,500 hiking exercise machines

The Internet offers several sites which can keep you informed not only about what products have been recalled, but what you have to do to get the product fixed, exchanged, or returned so you can get your money back. Here are some of my favorite recall sites.

Favorite recall sites

  • www.SafetyAlerts.com - a site operated by Worldwide Alerts, you can search for recall information or find manufacturing lot numbers or codes. 
  • www.CPSC.gov - Consumer Product Safety Commission - search for recalls by product description, brands, and company names
  • www.fda.gov - Food and Drug Administration - Food recalls 
  • www.fsis.usda.gov- Agriculture Department - Food recalls 
  • www.nhtsa.gov - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - car and some child safety recalls
  • www.Safechild.net- Consumer Federation of America

At most of these sites is that you can sign up for a free email notification service that will immediately notify you once a recall has been issued. 

 

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