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Re-activateWe wholeheartedly applaud the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recently announced promotional effort to bring in 1 million subscribers for its e-mail recall notification service. Acting Chairman Nancy Nord said, "consumers can literally save lives with the click of their computer mouse." As a demonstration of the importance of learning about recalls as soon as they occur, Nord pointed out the case of Selena Patten of Manassas, Va., whose three-year-old daughter nearly choked on a toy nail from Playskool's Team Talkin' Tool Bench. Patten removed the nail from her daughter's mouth, and later discovered that the product had been recalled after the death of two toddlers. "Get that e-mail that may save your child's life," she said.
While e-mail may be the most convenient way to get recall information, the CPSC also makes recall notices available in a number of other ways, including RSS feeds, which can be read using many common programs, and can also be incorporated into other Web sites. (We recently added RSS feeds from the CPSC and FDA to the sidebar on this blog.) The CPSC, along with other government agencies, including the FDA, NHTSA, and EPA, also makes recall information available on the recalls.gov web site, and maintains a searchable database of recalls on its own site. However you choose to receive recall data, it won't do you any good if you don't read it. So be sure to check your email, RSS reader or recalls.gov regularly, and follow the recommended steps if you own a recalled product.
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