Q1 2022 Consumer Product Recalls Analysis
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Recall Analysis
A total of 73 consumer product recall notices were issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from January 1st to March 31st, 2022. Notably, 16 recalls from Health Canada were done jointly with the CPSC.
Sports & Recreation accounted for 12 recall notices and All-terrain vehicles accounted for 10 recalls, mainly for injury, crashes, and/or falls. Appliances accounted for 8 notices, spanning various hazard categories such as choking, electric shock, impact injury, tip-over, and gas leak.
Toys accounted for 6 recall notices, with the majority pertaining to ingestion and/or choking. Furniture accounted for 4 recall notices, issued for various hazards such as drowning, tip-over, entrapment, injury, crash, or fall. There were 7 notices for children’s sleepwear for fire and/or burn. There were 3 recall notices for elevators pertaining to entrapment.
Highlighted below are some of the recalls relevant to Hardlines and Softlines products:
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Product |
Reason(s) |
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Children’s Sleepwear |
The children’s robes fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children. |
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Children’s Apparel |
The bells attached to the socks can detach, posing aspiration and choking hazards to young children. |
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Adult Apparel |
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Children’s Product |
The below can cause choking hazards:
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Toys |
The below can pose ingestion and/or choking hazards to young children:
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Furniture |
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Health Canada Recalls Analysis
Health Canada reported a total of 42 consumer product recall notices issued in Q1 (January – March) 2022.
An analysis of the product categories shows 6 recalls in the category of Sports & Recreation, for various hazards, such as drowning, fire or burn, fall, and/or injury. The category of Children’s Sleepwear shows 5 recalls notices, all pertaining to fire or burn hazard. Children’s Clothing also had 5 notices, four of which were for strangulation and one for choking. Toys had 4 recall notices, predominantly for choking hazards. Notices served for the category of Appliances were for electric shock, ingestion, fall, and/or injury.
Based on hazard categorization, there were 11 recall notices for fire or burn, and 7 recall notices each for fall and/or injury as well as choking. There were 4 notices for strangulation.
Highlighted below are some of the significant product categories:
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Product |
Reason(s) |
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Children’s sleepwear |
Loose-fitting children’s sleepwear can contact ignition sources such as stove elements, candles, and matches more readily than tight-fitting sleepwear, and once ignited will burn rapidly, potentially resulting in severe burns to large areas of the child’s body. |
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Children’s Product |
The following pose the risk of choking hazards:
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Children’s Clothing |
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Toys |
The below can pose ingestion and/or choking hazards to young children:
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For questions, please contact Harini Ramaswamy (harini.ramaswamy@intertek.com, +1 224-318-0220), Matthew Nudell (matthew.nudell@intertek.com, +1-716-225-9006), or Dr. Pratik Ichhaporia (pratik.ichhaporia@intertek.com, +1 847 212 8273).