Consumer Product Safety Commission

The CPSC web site is very easy to use and has an on-line subscription service for notification of any recalls or safety concerns. We recommend comparing your appliances and other consumer products against their database. We also recommend subscribing to their email notification service. There are many subscription choices, including subscribing to recalls involving only selected products, e.g., infant/child products, sports and recreation products, outdoor products, household products, and specialty products.

There are literally thousands of recalls and safety concerns that have been released since the Consumer Product Safety Commission began operating in 1973, and they all are listed. Not all recalls and safety concerns make the headlines of your local newspaper.

We recommend that you subscribe to all CPSC press releases, including recalls. This will alert you to all recalls and safety concerns in all categories.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBING TO CPSC RECALLS AND CHECKING FOR RECALLS AND SAFETY CONCERNS
To get started, follow these simple steps:
  • Connect your Internet browser to http://www.cpsc.gov

  • Click on “Recalls and Product Safety News.”

  • Up pops a new window, “Recalls and Product Safety News,” where you can find recent recalls or recalls by month and year, product type, company, product description, or product category, such as toys, household products, outdoor products, etc.

  • Product type, for example, will show you all the dishwashers. Let’s do it. Click on “Product Type.”

  • Up pops a screen “Find Recalled Products by Product Type.” Over at the right you’ll see “Optional.” Let’s do a search on Kenmore dishwashers since I know there was a recall issued on February 25, 2005. In that white box under Optional, type the first three letters of dishwasher, “dis”, and click on simplify search.