Product Safety Recalls

During fiscal year 2007 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled 472 different consumer products representing about 110 million production units that either violated mandatory safety standards or presented a significant risk of injury. This was the largest number of voluntary recalls in the last 10 years.

Recent Products That Have Been Recalled:

Lighters
Children's Toys
Propane Heaters
Mattresses
Magnetic play sets

Children's jewelry
ATVs
Portable generators
Fireworks

CPSC also reported that in recent years there was an annual average of about 26,000 deaths and 33.6 million injuries related to, but not necessarily caused by, consumer products under the Commission’s jurisdiction. These injuries, deaths and their associated property damages cost the American public over $800 billion annually.