The last two weeks have seen two very important product recalls (back) in the news… We last blogged about the Whirlpool tumble dryer recall back in June 2016. At that stage the recall had already been going on for more than 6 months, and the company was receiving much criticism for the length of time […]
We’re still only on the second day of Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2019 and we have another important news story… It was announced yesterday that Cow & Gate are recalling a batch of “Cheesy Broccoli Bake Stage 3 (10+ months)” because it may contain small pieces of blue rubber, which makes this product unsafe
As usual at this time of year, we like to take a look at the figures for product recalls in the UK over the last 12 months. Last year we reported a quiet year, but this year there seem to be two very different stories in the food and electrical goods sectors, as shown in
We blogged in March about the frequency of product recalls in the US; concluding that there were no particular trends (upwards or downwards) in any particular product category. However, looking at the corresponding picture for Europe (once again using data from Stericycle) , there is one product area with a distinct upwards slope: automotive. Whilst
Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2018, with the theme “working together to improve organizational resilience”, ends today. As usual there has been a busy programme of reports published, webinars hosted and live events around the globe; but what always interests us is the real business continuity stories going on around all this. For some reason,
Our blog could sometimes be accused of being a little UK-centric so, in an attempt to redress any imbalance, we thought we would take a little look at some data from the US! For some years now, Stericycle have produced detailed quarterly reports on product recalls in the US. Aggregating data from these reports over
2017 appears to have been a quiet year for product recalls in the UK. According to the FSA website there were only 45 recalls of food products (down from 76 in 2016); whilst recalls of electrical products were down from 61 to 32 (see Electrical Safety First). Before we get too excited though, looking at
Whilst a very useful resource, the Electrical Safety First website is not normally that entertaining. Typically there is a list of battery chargers that pose a fire risk and similar items, but today is different as a recall has just been announced of Anne Summers “Black Power Wands”. Not only that but the reason for
The massive recall of Whirlpool tumble dryers announced last November is still dragging on. The recall programme, which also affects the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands; has already been criticised for the length of time ( up to 11 months) that some customers are waiting for a repair. The company can expect renewed pressure to
