Editorial Policy

Where our data comes from

All recall information comes from official regulators:

• EU Safety Gate, the European Commission’s rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), through openFDA

We fetch their data automatically and store a copy of each record. Each article links to the original notice.

How articles are written

Articles are generated by AI from the regulator’s data. No person reviews each article before it is published. The AI receives only the data from one official record, and it is told to use nothing else.

Software then adds the parts that must be exact: the table of models, batches and barcodes, the link to the source, and the counts in the “From our recall records” box. Those are not written by AI.

What we check automatically

• Records missing a clear product, hazard or remedy are not published.
• Every number, date, country, online seller and model or batch code in an article must appear in the source record. If one does not, the article is rewritten once. If it still does not match, it is held back and not published.
• When two records cover the same product, or would produce nearly the same article, they are combined into one article.

These checks catch many errors, but not all of them. AI can still misread or misstate something that passes them, which is why every article links to the original notice and why the notice always takes priority.

Risk grades

The Low, Moderate and Serious grades are ours, not a regulator’s. We derive them from the regulator’s own rating where there is one, such as an FDA class or a Safety Gate risk level. The CPSC does not grade recalls, so for CPSC recalls we use Serious when the notice mentions death or serious injury, and Moderate otherwise. Where a regulator’s rating does not map to a grade, we show “Not graded”.

Publishing and updates

We publish a limited number of articles a day, newest recalls first, so some older recalls may not have an article. When a regulator adds a country, product or remedy, we may update the article. The “Last updated” date changes only when the content does.

Corrections

If you find an error, use the “Report an error” link on the article or the contact form. We check reports against the official notice. If we got something wrong, we fix the article and add a dated note at the top saying what changed.

Independence

Recall Corner is independent and not affiliated with any regulator, agency or company we write about.