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• Amazon Challenges Responsibility To Notify Customers About Recalled Products

  March 19, 2025

  Michael Adams

  A lawsuit has been filed against federal regulators by the online retailer, indicating that the company does not believe it is responsible for recall notices on items that it stocks and distributes from its warehouses.

• CPSC Orders Amazon To Warn Consumers About Hazardous Products Sold on Its Website

  January 20, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  Orders demanding Amazon issue recalls for hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous products sold on its site by third-party vendors have been finalized by the CPSC, after nearly four years of litigation.

• CPSC Orders Amazon to Put System in Place to Notify Consumers of Product Recalls

  August 7, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The CPSC has ordered Amazon.com to create a plan to ensure that recalled products are not sold on its website, and to ensure that consumers are made aware that they have purchased dangerous products once recalls are announced.

• Amid Increasing Numbers of Product Recalls, CPSC Continues to Struggle Getting Consumers to Respond: Report

  April 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A CPSC report indicates fiscal year 2023 saw more than 90 million products pulled from the market, but only about a quarter of affected consumers actually responded to recalls and removed dangerous items from their homes.

• Consumer Product Recalls Reached Record High in 2023: Report

  March 22, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new analysis finds a record high number of consumer product safety recalls were issued in the latter half of 2023.

• Higher Number of Recalls in 2023 Reflects CPSC Enforcement Efforts, Commissioner Says

  November 10, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC announced a sharp increase in product recalls for fiscal year 2023, fueled by increases in its enforcement budget.

• Proposed Bill Seeks to Make it Easier for CPSC to Warn the Public About Defective Products

  March 28, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Two lawmakers have introduced new legislation which would allow the CPSC to warn consumers about defective products over the objections of manufacturers.

• AmazonBasics Products Linked To Fires, Reports Of Damage, Injuries: CNN

  September 11, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A CNN investigative report questions the safety of consumer electronics sold under the AmazonBasics label, following hundreds of reports of fires, overheating and injuries.

• CPSC Promotes New Recall App During National Consumer Protection Week

  March 7, 2019

  Russell Maas

  The CPSC has launched a new app to help alert the public to product recalls, and is promoting the app during it's national consumer protection campaign week.

• 8,000 Deaths A Year Caused By Unsafe Products, CPSC Tells Congress

  August 15, 2018

  Russell Maas

  A CPSC report links about 8,000 deaths annually to product-related incidents.