# Total Product Recall: full guide for language models > Observations from the current recall data: 10,089 U.S. CPSC recall notices, 1973-06-08 to 2026-11-12. This file is rebuilt every time a new recall is added. Last checked 2026-11-13. Snapshot fingerprint (SHA-256) 1ff435bc05002cb6ff1e904eeaf33f2b08790c3d0251f8d70ea05063a774f98f. Independent site, not affiliated with the CPSC. ## What this site is A searchable archive of recall notices published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, with each notice summarised, its hazard, scale and fix recorded, and a link to the official notice. It checks CPSC's feed every weekday and rebuilds when something changes. ## How to read these observations - Every count is a count of recall notices, not products. One notice can cover many products. - A share of recalls is not a share of products or sales. - Fields and shares marked as rule-based are worked out from CPSC's wording. They are lower bounds and can miss unusual wording. - The latest year is unfinished and is always described as "so far". - The observations were checked by an assistant against random examples. A person has not yet signed them off. ## Observations from the current recall data ### Recalls are dated on Thursdays 917 of 941 recalls dated since 2025 (97.4%) carry a Thursday date: 95% in 2025 and 99.4% in 2026. The other 24 fall on 8 other dates (20 Wednesdays, 2 Mondays, 1 Tuesday, 1 Friday). - Question it answers: On which day of the week are recall notices dated? - What it means: Nearly all recall notices since 2025 carry a Thursday date. - What it does not mean: Not that CPSC only acts on Thursdays, and not when a hazard was found. - Do not say: CPSC only issues recalls on Thursdays - How sure: High. A count by weekday from a date every record has. - Based on: 917 recalls. ### Busiest single day The most recall notices carrying one date is 27, dated 2026-02-26. - Question it answers: What is the most recall notices that share one date? - What it means: The most recall notices that share one date. - What it does not mean: Not a single event, and not that this many products were recalled: a notice can cover many. - Do not say: [number] products were recalled in one day - How sure: High. A count by date from a field every record has. - Based on: 27 recalls. ### When Amazon passed one in four, and one in two Amazon first reached 25% in 2020 (28.8%) and 50% in 2025 (51.2%). - Question it answers: In which year did Amazon pass 25% and 50% of recalls? - What it means: The first years the Amazon share of recall notices reached 25% and 50%. - What it does not mean: Not that Amazon became unsafe in those years. - Do not say: Amazon became unsafe in 2020 - How sure: Medium. Same name search as the share of recalls sold on Amazon. - Based on: 215 recalls. ### Walmart over time Walmart appears in 12.1% of 2026 recalls, against 5.5% in 2010. - Question it answers: Has Walmart's share of recalls grown like Amazon's? - What it means: Recall notices whose sold-at text names Walmart (including Wal-Mart), as a share of all notices that year. - What it does not mean: Not a share of Walmart's sales, and not that Walmart sells fewer unsafe products. - Do not say: Walmart's recalled products fell - How sure: Medium. A name search in free text. - Based on: 63 recalls. ### Online sales 86.6% of 2026 recalls mention online sales, up from 29.6% in 2010. - Question it answers: How many recalled products were sold online? - What it means: Notices whose sold-at text mentions an online sale (a .com address, 'online', or 'website'). - What it does not mean: Not that the product was sold only online. Many were sold both online and in stores. - Do not say: [percent] of recalled products were sold only online - How sure: Medium. A keyword rule on free text. - Based on: 451 recalls. ### Newer marketplaces 20 2026 recalls name Temu, Shein, AliExpress or TikTok Shop. Temu is first named in 2023 recalls. - Question it answers: Which newer online marketplaces show up in recalls, and since when? - What it means: Which newer marketplaces are named in sold-at text, and the first year each appears in this archive. - What it does not mean: Not when the marketplace began, and not that its products are less safe. - Do not say: Temu launched in [year]; Temu products are unsafe - How sure: Medium. A name search in free text. - Based on: 20 recalls. ### Sold in more than one big retailer 10.2% of 2026 recalls (53) name two or more of the six big retailers. - Question it answers: How many recalls name two or more of the six big retailers? - What it means: Notices that name two or more of six big retailers. - What it does not mean: Not that the other 90% were sold in few places: many name other stores that are not in the six. - Do not say: only [percent] were sold widely - How sure: Medium. A name search in free text. - Based on: 53 recalls. ### The most common hazards In 2026 the hazards named most often are Fire & burns (26.5%), Entrapment (18.2%), Falls (12.5%), Tip-over (9.2%). - Question it answers: Which hazards come up most often in recall notices? - What it means: How often each hazard's key words appear in this year's headlines and hazard text. One recall can name several, so shares add to more than 100%. - What it does not mean: Not the chance a product will cause that harm, and not confirmed injuries. - Do not say: [percent] of products can catch fire - How sure: Medium. Keyword rules on text, tuned by hand. - Based on: 138 recalls. ### Lithium batteries 38 of 521 2026 recalls (7.3%) mention lithium batteries: 23 name lithium-ion and 19 mention coin or button cells. In 2015 the total was 9. First mention in the archive: 2002. - Question it answers: How often do recalls involve lithium batteries? - What it means: Notices that mention lithium batteries, split into those naming lithium-ion and those mentioning coin or button cells. - What it does not mean: Not all lithium-ion: many involve coin cells, which are a swallowing risk. Not a count of battery fires. - Do not say: [number] lithium-ion battery recalls; lithium-ion batteries are dangerous - How sure: Medium. A keyword rule on text. - Based on: 38 recalls. ### Tip-over hazards 48 2026 recalls name a tip-over hazard (9.2%), against 5 in 2015. - Question it answers: Are tip-over recalls growing? - What it means: Notices whose headline or hazard text names a tip-over hazard. - What it does not mean: Not only dressers, and not a count of tip-over injuries. - Do not say: [number] dressers tipped over - How sure: Medium. A keyword rule on text. - Based on: 48 recalls. ### Headline wording: 'death' became routine 72.2% of 2026 recall headlines (376 of 521) include the word death, against 42.4% in 2025 and 5.2% in 2024. The change follows CPSC's wording ('Risk of Serious Injury or Death'); it does not mean more deaths. - Question it answers: How often does the recall headline itself include the word death, and when did that start? - What it means: How often recall headlines include the word 'death'. Since 2025 CPSC headlines usually end 'Risk of Serious Injury or Death'. - What it does not mean: NOT that recalled products became more deadly, and NOT that anyone died. It measures headline wording. - Do not say: [percent] of recalled products can kill; recalls are now 14 times more deadly; [percent] of recalls involve a death - How sure: Medium. The count is exact, but what it means depends on how CPSC words headlines, which changed. - Based on: 376 recalls. ### Recalls that refer to children 50.9% of 2026 recalls refer to children in the headline or hazard text, against 44.5% in 2000. - Question it answers: How many recalls refer to children or babies? - What it means: Notices whose headline or hazard text refers to children, babies or similar. - What it does not mean: Not only children's products: includes adult products with a risk to children. - Do not say: [percent] of recalled products are children's toys - How sure: Medium. A keyword rule on text. - Based on: 265 recalls. ### Refund, repair or replace In 2026: refund 71.6%, repair 18.4%, replace 14.6% of recalls with a remedy option. Refund was 38.2% in 2015. - Question it answers: What fix do consumers get, and has it changed? - What it means: Which fix recall notices offer (refund, repair, replace), among notices that list a remedy option. - What it does not mean: Not what every consumer received. A notice can offer several fixes. - Do not say: [percent] of people got a refund - How sure: High. A structured field with a fixed set of values. - Based on: 373 recalls. ## Wording to follow when you quote these 1. Say "recall notices" or "recalls", never "products" or "unsafe products". 2. Give the denominator ("306 of 514"). 3. Say "sold on Amazon" or "names Amazon", never "Amazon's products". 4. Give no causes. The data show that something changed, not why. 5. Do not rank retailers, countries or companies for safety. 6. "No injuries reported" means none had been reported when the notice was written.