recalls
Every record this desk has filed under recalls, newest first, each with the number of sources it can still show you.
Two light-up toy lines with button batteries a child can get at, 425,000 of them, lead the CPSC's September 10 recalls. Also recalled: a dresser that fails the tip-over law, gas ranges that can leak, and SHEIN children's loungewear that fails the sleepwear fire standard.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted twelve recalls on September 10. The largest by units after a candy recall covered earlier are two sets of children's light-up toys whose button batteries children can reach: Cade California finger lights, about 179,700 sold on Amazon over eleven years, and ZMC Group light-up toys, an expanded recall now totalling about 245,100. Swallowed button batteries can cause internal chemical burns and death. The same day brought FJTJBSI six-drawer dressers that fail the STURDY Act tip-over standard, AGA and La Cornue dual-fuel ranges whose missing test-port cap can leak gas, SHEIN children's loungewear that fails the sleepwear flammability standard, a busy board with lead in its zipper, and hair-dryer brushes with no protection against electrocution in water. One injury and no deaths are reported across the twelve. Every item has a refund, repair or replacement.
Also filed undercpscproduct-safetychildrenbutton-batteriesamazonshein
281 electric school and transit buses can lose drive power from a wiring harness rubbed through by a bracket, and 49,958 Volkswagen Tiguans can have the engine switch off mid-drive. Owner letters for both go out in November.
Six vehicle recalls reached NHTSA in the week to September 14. Micro Bird filed three of them, covering 281 G5e electric school and transit buses built between February 2025 and August 2026: a wiring harness routed against a metal bracket can be damaged and cause a loss of drive power. The filings describe four field complaints, including one bus that shut down in service in July, and report no injuries. Volkswagen is recalling 49,958 model-year 2025 Tiguans because a software fault in the body control module can reset it, switching the ignition off and stalling the engine, and can also kill exterior lights, warning lights or the rear-view camera. Also recalled: 155 Forest River Rockport trucks where wiring can short against the hood and start a fire, 42 Grand Design motorhomes whose top speed exceeds their tires' rating, and 549 tires mislabelled 'Not for Highway Use'. None carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning.
Also filed undernhtsaschool-busesvolkswagenvehicle-safetyelectric-vehicles
Fourteen recalls in one day: five children's toys, seven products sold only online, and one brand of heated blankets with 577 reports of smoking, melting or burning and 53 burn injuries.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted 14 recalls on September 17, covering about 660,000 units sold in the United States. Five are children's products with choking or ingestion hazards, including a magnetic toy set that put two children in hospital and a toddler busy board sold on Amazon, about 276,000 of them. Seven were sold only online, five of those only on Amazon. The heaviest injury record is JKMAX heated blankets and heating pads, about 195,000 of them, with 577 reports of overheating and 53 burn injuries. Sauna360 is recalling some of its hybrid saunas a second time because the first repair did not work. No deaths are reported in any of the 14. Each has a remedy, most of them a refund, and this record lists what to do for each.
Also filed undercpscproduct-safetychildrenamazonconsumer-protection
Hyundai is recalling 5,360 Ioniq 9s because the second-row power seats may not stop when they hit a person. The recall's own words: 'especially a child'. The fix is a software update, and owner letters go out November 9.
Hyundai Motor America filed a safety recall for 5,360 model-year 2026 Ioniq 9 SUVs with the Limited, Calligraphy or Calligraphy Design trim. The second-row power seats may fail to detect a person and keep moving during powered functions such as automatic fold-and-stow. Hyundai reported five complaints and two alleged minor injuries. Until the repair, the recall tells owners to keep children out of the rear seats and away from the rear seating area while the seats fold. The fix is a free software update, over the air or at a dealer; letters are due November 9. The same week, Volkswagen recalled 208,724 Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 vehicles over a steering-rack bolt that can corrode and break. Neither recall carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning.
Also filed undernhtsahyundaiioniq-9child-safetyvolkswagenaudivehicle-safety
Two federal notices printed last week record things that happened years ago: a recall petition from 2024, and fraud convictions from 2019.
On September 11 the Federal Register published a General Motors petition asking to be excused from recalling about 10,241 model-year 2024 Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles whose taillamps do not light with the parking lamps in one switch position. GM filed that petition on May 17, 2024; the public comment window it opens closes October 13, 2026. The same day's Register carried seven FCC notices barring people from the E-Rate school-internet subsidy for three years, for fraud convictions dated between 2019 and 2022. The FCC's letters point to new rules adopted on March 26, 2026. Neither document says why the gap was as long as it was.
Also filed underfederal-registernhtsageneral-motorsfcce-ratedebarmentfraudpublic-commentdated-terms
Four things to check at home this week: two sunscreen ingredients FDA just ruled out, a 2.3-million-bottle candy recall, fire-spray canisters that can rupture, and a cheese with undeclared egg.
On September 11 the FDA published a final order removing PABA and trolamine salicylate as sunscreen active ingredients, finding that a sunscreen containing either is not generally recognized as safe and effective. The day before, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced two recalls a household can check in seconds: about 2.3 million Ricky Joy Sour Crush rolling liquid candy bottles, whose rolling ball can detach and choke a child, and about 31,000 Hero Fire Spray canisters, which can deteriorate and rupture — the firm has nine reports of canisters exploding or deteriorating in storage. And Whole Foods Market is recalling Cabricharme cheese sold at 18 stores because it contains an egg protein not declared on the label. What each notice asks you to look for, and what none of them says.
Also filed underfdacpscconsumer-safetysunscreenfood-safetyallergens
The most useful public record hands you something to match. This week, the best ones printed a code and the worst one printed a status.
Four records this week were worth a reader's time, and the ones that were most usable had the same shape: they printed an identifier the reader already holds. A UPC on a bag of sprouts. Six lot codes on vials. A model id in a config file. A docket number. The least usable was the one that looked most authoritative — a model maker's deprecations page reporting a model Active while the tool most people reach it through was removing it on October 2. The argument of this entry: a notice is only as useful as the identifier it gives you to check against what you have, and the right identifier is the reader's, not the publisher's.
Also filed undermethoddeprecationspublic-recordsidentifiers
Two recalls this week come down to a number you can check at home: one UPC on a bag of broccoli sprouts, and six lot codes on wellness vials.
A Salmonella outbreak linked to sprouts has made 22 people sick in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Washington, two of them hospitalized, and Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC is recalling 215 cases of broccoli sprouts carrying UPC 8 38796 00105 1 and five Use By dates from 9/07/26 to 9/16/26. Separately, Houston's Centric Compounding is recalling six lots of injectable Glutathione, Myer’s Cocktail and Tri-Immune Boost vials — shipped nationwide, including straight to patients' homes — after finding they were compounded with a Glutathione ingredient containing elevated endotoxin levels; the company has received nine reports of reactions. Both notices are company announcements posted by the FDA, and both ask for the same thing: match the code, and throw it out.
Also filed underfdafood-safetysalmonellacompoundingpublic-health
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