recalls

Food product recalls are on the rise – but how much is slipping through the cracks?

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From metal-spiked muffin splits and toxic fish to potentially fatal peanut traces, recalls have increased nearly four-fold in recent years. It’s a sign the system is working, but when it comes to transparency around what’s in our food, critics say New Zealand lags behind.  Before putting an item in her shopping basket, Simone Antcliff reads … Read more

Product recalls rarely work and it’s about time we did something about it

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Recalls typically result in fewer than half of affected products being returned, leaving plenty of dud toasters and dodgy kettles still in circulation. Consumer NZ’s Jessica Wilson proposes a couple ways we can change that.  Already this year, close to 80 household products have been recalled because of the safety risk they present to consumers. … Read more

The great Spinoff recall list: How many of these are your kids still using?

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In part two of The Spinoff’s great recall list, we look at various items targeted towards parents and children, such as toys, strollers, cots, carriers, rattles, bottles, and kids pyjamas. Below is a selection of recalled items we think are most relevant to consumers (part one looked at a selection of common household items). Of … Read more

The great Spinoff recall list: How many of these common household items do you have?

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From kettles and candles to laptops and lamps, hundreds of common household items have been recalled over the last few years. But chances are, you never even knew about it. In part one of The Spinoff’s great recall list, we look at various items in the heating, small appliance, electronics and homeware categories. Earlier this … Read more

There have been 24 heater recalls since 2010, and there’s a decent chance yours is on the list

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With up to 80% of faulty indoor electric heaters potentially still in use, is the recall system in need of a major shake-up?  UPDATE: As of June 2019, two more heaters have been recalled. An open flue space heater and an open flued gas log fireplace, both for producing potentially high levels of carbon monoxide. … Read more

Cheat Sheet: What’s happening with the Takata airbag recall?

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Welcome to the Cheat Sheet, a clickable, shareable, bite-sized FAQ on the news of the moment. Today, it’s all about the government’s compulsory recall of Takata airbags. This article was published in April 2018 Remind me, what’s being recalled again? Airbags. More specifically, airbags manufactured by the Japanese company Takata. A fault was discovered in … Read more