product recall

What is product recall?

It is to return to the maker a batch or an entire production run of a product, usually due to the discovery of safety issues.

Why recall?

It is to prevent any damage to publicity or cause harm to consumers. It is costly because they have to pay for the damages caused and if anything happens, their reputation built will be ruined as there will be reduced trust from manufacturer and consumers.

How to recall?

recall submission to FDA which will includes :

the product information, codes, recalling firm, manufacturer, identify firm responsible for the violation/ problem, reason for the recall, health hazard assessment, volume of recall product, distribution pattern, recall strategy.

Public notification which will includes:

press release, guidance for written recall notification letters

evaluation of the recall which will includes :

effectiveness of recall, recall status report, root cause of the problem that resulted in the recall, corrective actions to prevent future occurrences of the problems, and termination of the recall.


Steps to recall extracted from :
http://www.fda.gov/ora/compliance_ref/recalls/ggp_recall.htm (read on more for more information)