Q2 2021: Product recall trends in hardlines

Q2 2021: PRODUCT RECALL TRENDS IN HARDLINES

Providing you a quarterly overview of the top recalled products and the associated risks in the EU, USA and AUS.

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• Softlines 

• Children’s Products

• Toys

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European Union – Safety Gate

Weekly overview reports of Rapid Alert System notifications, published free of charge in English on ec.europa.eu/consumers/rapid-alert-system, © European Union, 2005 – 2021

The official contact points of the EU Member States and EFTA-EEA countries provide the information that is published in these weekly overviews. Under the terms of Annex II.10 to the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC), responsibility for this information lies with the notifying party. The Commission does not take any responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided.

Reference Links

• Weekly Safety Gate report

• List of Safety Gate contact points

• Guideline for management of Safety Gate

USA – Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Reference Links

• Recent CPSC Recall: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/

• CPSC Recall Handbook: http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/106141/8002.pdf

• CPSC Violations: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/Violations/

• Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), http://www.cpsc.gov/

Australia – Product Safety Australia (PSA)

Reference Links

• Recent Product Safety Australia Recall: http://www.recalls.gov.au