Resale of recalled children’s products online: an examination of the world’s largest yard sale
Source: Injury Prevention
Key points
- A variety of previously recalled children’s products were found for sale on the internet’s most popular auction site.
- Mechanisms to prevent the resale of unsafe children’s products via online auctions appear to be largely unsuccessful, with recalled items resold most of the time.
- Several of the products observed for sale were recalled more than 5 years ago, thus increased manufacturer efforts to decrease the shelf-life of recalled children’s products are needed.
- Auction sites should require additional product information that would aid in the identification and removal of unsafe children’s products and toys.
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