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Q: There are an awful lot of products being recalled. Why is this happening so much nowdays? A company is recalling a product because principals of the company discovered some safety issue with the product being recalled. It is basically an effort to limit liability for corporate negligence, to avoid costly legal penalties imposed by some government agency overseeing the type of products being manufactured and to curb bad publicity. Of course, this can be very costly because it often entails replacing the recalled product or paying for damages caused by using the product in question. United States has specific requirements in regard to product recalls. Safety-related recalls can be voluntarily initiated by the manufacturer, or made compulsory by a government agency if the risk is significant to consumers and if it is in the consumer's best interest. Lately, we've had a recall on food items produced in Northern California. These food items had to be recalled because not only...
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