Statistical Summary for CPSC Recall Cases between Jan. and June 2015

Release Date:7/31/2015     Read Count:1660     Command Count:0

US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has summarized that, between 2015 January and June, there are 129 recall decrees, involving 12.7 million items, that are violating the mandatory safety standards or posing a significant risk of hazards to the public. Compared with that in 2014, there are totally 160 recall decrees, which involve 17.1 million items. The total recall decrees have been reduced by 19.38% ,while that for the recalled products have been decreased by 25.73%

In the first six months of 2015, recall decrees and product recall cases related to Chinese items ranked first (i.e. 69 recall decrees, which consisted of 53% of the total and 4.9 million items). However, these have been dramatically reduced by 18.8% and 55.2% respectively. In 2014, Jan and June there are 85 recall decrees, involving 10.9million items instead.


The reasons for recalls related to Chinese products in 2015 are mainly burn and fire risk, associated with 25 recall decrees and involved 2.5 million items. There are 11 recall decrees related to the fall/impact hazard, involving 0.16million items. The third in ranking is common injuries, which is associated with 10 recall decrees and 0.58 million items

Between 2015 January and June, the most common hazards for the children products in China is burning, associated with 7 recall decrees involving 227,000 products). Children's pajamas and casual wears violate federal flammability regulations. Suffocation (6 recall decrees involving 69,810 products) ranked the second, followed by the fall hazard (4 recall decrees, involving 39,870 products). Recall cases due to suffocation hazard in China involve toys, chairs, baby jumpsuit and kaleidoscopes while the falling hazards include cradles, bicycles, high chairs and booster seats.