Check It Tuesday

April 8, 2013

Update – 30/05/2013

See the Check It Tuesday page for up-to-date info.

With recent media attention on the domestic appliances that have been the cause of some devastating house fires, Suffolk Trading Standards are starting a campaign via social media to raise awareness of recalled products.

Every Tuesday for the next four weeks, we will be calling on our followers to “Check It“, requesting them to not only check the appliances in their own home, and the food in their cupboards, but those of their friends, family and neighbours.

The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) says one person is killed every seven days by an electrical accident and 350,000 people are injured annually, partly because of a “shockingly low” response to product alerts.

The charity found the average success rate of a product recall is just 10%-20%.

With around 400 products recalled each year and manufacturers making hundreds of thousands of items, it is thought millions of dangerous items stay in people’s homes.

Research by the ESC shows almost two million adults have knowingly ignored a recall notice and a further one million admit owning an electrical item that has been recalled.

How to get involved

Each Tuesday we will be highlighting some of the products that are subject to product recalls, and all we ask of you is to do three things:

#CheckItTuesday and share the links on Share the information with your followers on Twitte r using the hashtagand share the links on Facebook that we post on our page. Check your home for the products that have been recalled Check the homes of your friends, family and neighbours who may not be aware of the recall

We know that returning a recalled product is not always convenient, especially if it’s an item that you use every day, but recall notices are issued to keep consumers safe. The small inconvenience of returning a recalled item is worth it when you consider that faulty products can electrocute or cause a fire, and recalled food items may cause illness or anaphylactic shock.

Product recalls

Check It Tuesday Checklist – 16/04/2013

Check It Tuesday Checklist – 23/04/2013

Check It Tuesday Checklist – 30/04/2013