In a product recall, how do they determine which ones to recall?
Posted by James on August 19, 2010 · 4 Comments
Question by Bobby Jim: In a product recall, how do they determine which ones to recall?
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Answer by nicklemouse
if someone got injured and it created a pattern
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Not sure why this is in food and drink but I would say it is the DEFECTIVE products that tend to be recalled.
They tend to find the defects once someone has been injured or perhaps a consumer discovers it and puts the company on notice, or perhaps the company figures it out.
After someone dies?
Most products have some sort of product identification number, such as the VIN on a vehicle. Bar codes contain identification numbers, too. The identification number contains manufacturing information such as the date of manufacture and the plant where it was manufactured, and in some cases, a batch number.
When problems are found, usually via many customer complaints, they can tell which products to recall via those bar codes and/or identification numbers.
When an incident is reported to them, something that has caused an adverse health effect normally, multiple times, they use the codes that are imprinted on the box to find out which batch was tainted and recall that batch. That is why the companies usually want you to include the bar code when you send a complaint.