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What Consumer Product Recalls Are About
Share of CPSC recalls over 12 months naming each hazard, %
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices, trailing twelve months by recall date. A recall can name several hazards. Word lists in each signal’s methodology.
The hazard mix of consumer product recalls: fire and battery risks from lithium-ion packs, and the infant and child hazards CPSC returns to again and again.
What this chart reads
- Share of CPSC Recalls With Fire or Burn Hazards (12-Month, %)as “Fire or burn”latest 2026-09-01
- Share of CPSC Recalls With Choking or Ingestion Hazards (12-Month, %)as “Choking or ingestion”latest 2026-09-01
- Share of CPSC Recalls With Suffocation or Entrapment Hazards (12-Month, %)as “Suffocation or entrapment”latest 2026-09-01
- Share of CPSC Recalls With Batteries (12-Month, %)as “Batteries”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Share of CPSC Recalls With Fire or Burn Hazards (12-Month, %). Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices, through the SaferProducts.gov recall API (saferproducts.gov/RestWebServices/Recall). CPSC: "The information is publicly available to consumers and businesses as well as software and application developers"; recall notices are U.S. government works. Refreshed daily.
Share of CPSC Recalls With Choking or Ingestion Hazards (12-Month, %). Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices, through the SaferProducts.gov recall API (saferproducts.gov/RestWebServices/Recall). CPSC: "The information is publicly available to consumers and businesses as well as software and application developers"; recall notices are U.S. government works. Refreshed daily.
Share of CPSC Recalls With Suffocation or Entrapment Hazards (12-Month, %). Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices, through the SaferProducts.gov recall API (saferproducts.gov/RestWebServices/Recall). CPSC: "The information is publicly available to consumers and businesses as well as software and application developers"; recall notices are U.S. government works. Refreshed daily.
Share of CPSC Recalls With Batteries (12-Month, %). Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices, through the SaferProducts.gov recall API (saferproducts.gov/RestWebServices/Recall). CPSC: "The information is publicly available to consumers and businesses as well as software and application developers"; recall notices are U.S. government works. Refreshed daily.
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