Arizona watchdog warns U.S. product recalls are rising
An Arizona consumer watchdog report says the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued 402 recall announcements in 2025, about one every 21 hours, as Teresa Murray urged shoppers to check the agency’s recall list regularly.
An Arizona consumer watchdog report says U.S. product recalls are rising, with the Consumer Product Safety Commission issuing 402 recall announcements in 2025, about one every 21 hours.
The CPSC oversees about 15,000 products that can affect homes, yards and children’s play, including home appliances, toys, lawn mowers and swimming pools. The watchdog said the recall pace was double the number reported in 2024 and the highest since 2017.
Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director for the Arizona Public Interest Group Education Fund, said the commission can issue a product warning when it cannot get a company to agree to a recall. She said the agency cannot force a recall on its own and would have to go to court, a process she said can take years.
The article said the CPSC recall list is updated weekly. Murray advised consumers to check it at least once a month.
The report also said roughly 900 injuries were tied to products recalled in 2025. It noted that not all of those injuries necessarily happened in 2025 because recalls can take time to negotiate and announce.
Murray said the cost of recalling a product can run to tens of millions of dollars, which can give companies an incentive to delay and negotiate before agreeing to a recall. She said that delay is frustrating for consumer advocates because hazardous products can remain on the market while talks continue.
The article did not say whether the CPSC plans any policy changes. It said the weekly recall list remains the main public tool for consumers checking for affected products.
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