I was just thinkin and after posting a recall myself we should have a new thread/forum just for that...this is a very important thing in our daily lives! Or you can just check out this link and have it e-mailed directly to your e-mail box!
This is just an idea?

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/recallsdesc.htm

These are only the childrens products...there is more at the above link for home, food, and misc. items

Children's Products
Jazwares Inc. Recalls Link-N-Lite ™ Magnetic Puzzles, Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards - February 15, 2007



Fisher-Price Recalls "Laugh and Learn" Bunny Toys Due to Choking Hazard - February 15, 2007



Basix U.S.A. Recalls Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts and Windbreakers with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation Hazard - February 13, 2007



Samara Brothers Recalls Boys’ Jackets Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard - February 13, 2007



Toddler Pants Sets Sold Exclusively at Meijer Stores Recalled for Choking Hazard - February 08, 2007



Children’s Rings Recalled by Shalom International Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard - February 07, 2007



Children’s Bracelets Recalled by DM Merchandising Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard - February 07, 2007



LL Bean Recalls Infant Booties Due to Choking Hazard - February 07, 2007



Graco Children’s Products Inc. Recalls to Repair Contempo Highchairs Due to Collapse Hazard - January 18, 2007



Target Recalls Baby Rattles and Ornaments for Choking Hazard - January 18, 2007



U.S. Toy Co. Recalls More Children’s Butterfly Necklaces Due to Lead Poisoning - January 18, 2007



Kids II Inc. Recalls Teethers Due to Choking Hazard - January 17, 2007



Cannondale Recalls 2007 Model Road Bicycles Due to Brake Failure - January 16, 2007



Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by Seena International for Strangulation Hazard - January 10, 2007



Samara Brothers Recalls Children’s Two-Piece Overall Sets, Snaps Contain Lead - January 05, 2007



Regal Lager Inc. Recall to Repair Strollers Due to Abrasion Hazard - December 27, 2006



BabySwede LLC Recalls BABYBJÖRN® Feeding Spoons Due to Choking Hazard - December 21, 2006



Black Dog Tavern Company Fined for Failing to Report Sales of Previously Recalled Children’s Sweatshirts - December 15, 2006

I posted the chicken recall last night. Its for Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich

We have only had 12 or 13 posts for recalls in the past 2 years so IMO a forum for it wouldn't be very practical, you can post them in ChitChat if you like. BUT its up to Monica of course to create the forum or not.

I tried a very long time ago to post recalls on childrens items and people complained that they didn't care about them, they could sign up if they wanted to ... etc etc So I stopped posting them.

that's terrible hh....I think these recalls are important (or they should be); Albeit, some of the recalls are not as serious as the food and drug items, until someone's kid gets hurt.

Yes, but it's always scary.

We pay a quasi-socialist heavy tax system (& regs that protect big pharma prices) but receive very little basic Consumer protection on food & drugs.

Chickens are loaded with drugs, slaughterhouses are dirty, & the distribution & in store refrigeration systems etc are lacking. Only thing much worse than poultry is beef. Pork is actually safer than beef now (unless bought from a small store especially in warmer months). (Disclaimer: yes I am stupid enough to still eat it though not as much as years past). So-called organic meat & poultry etc has little definition & regulation = just higher prices.

American medicines have by far more counterfeiting & storage degredation problems than the much better controlled Canadian system. The FDA tries to stop importation & reimportation direct from Canadian pharmacies at substantial savings to US Consumers b/c they claim they're protecting us. All they're protecting is big pharma's lobbying $s & profits. The lobbying $s/pressure now against Canada has turned that safe pipeline into sourcing from places like Turkey.

It's our corrupt government that needs to be recalled (referring to both parties).

Some tips that can help a little. Don't buy Rx from small pharmacies; use national chains (not safe, but safer). Don't buy OTC meds (including toothpaste) from small stores & especially not dollar stores. Limit consumption of poultry, beef, & most fish (except sardines, herring, wild salmon, wild trout, wild steelhead, & with limits canned non albacore tuna).

You mean people actually PAY FOR Toothpaste? (just razzin ya fremont)

LOL, razz me anytime.

Most normal people pay for toothpaste. Even most couponers at least pay tax for toothpaste. I feel sorry for them & help them LOL!

We only get it when it's FREE or PROFIT after tax. We're not normal & I'll guess you're not normal.

Actually I might be more normal than you. Here's why. We don't pay even tax for toothpaste for DW & DS (& we use quality ones LOL), but I do pay for my own Sensodyne or Aquafresh Sensitive (unless I get it free trading actuals locally to someone who wants Crest Pro Health).

I admit/confess I haven't found any super deals yet on Sensodyne. I don't count getting it for zero OOP when it's only a result of overage that belongs as Profit from something else.

even the $1/1 coupons don't make for free sensodyne or A.Sensitive...so you are more normal than me.

I agree that the recalls are important. And I do highly encourage everyone to sign up for whatever lists send them all out so that you don't miss anything. I would hate for someone to be relying on AFC to bring them their recall information and have us not post something that was important to their family.

That being said, I do not at all mind the posts such as the recent ones regarding the food recalls. I just don't want people relying solely on AFC for such info.

American medicines have by far more counterfeiting & storage degredation problems than the much better controlled Canadian system. The FDA tries to stop importation & reimportation direct from Canadian pharmacies at substantial savings to US Consumers b/c they claim they're protecting us. All they're protecting is big pharma's lobbying $s & profits. The lobbying $s/pressure now against Canada has turned that safe pipeline into sourcing from places like Turkey.

I know for a fact that what you are saying is true, fremont. I've been buying most of MY prescriptions from Canada Drugs for a good number of years now because I can get them for less than HALF what I would pay at Wal-Mart - which is the cheapest pharmacy I can find around here. This past year, my Pravachol has been imported from Great Britain, and it's never the same pill twice. I just wish OUR government could find some sort of solution for us poorer seniors that would regulate the prices on the drugs we HAVE to take! Que sera sera....

Yes, CD is mainly shipping from the UK now but many of those meds are first being imported into the UK from Turkey & other countries.

Be sure to also use CD's pricematching policy.