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Product Recalls and Withdrawals

The removal of a consumer product from the market place. The reason for the removal can be due a variety of causes, including the discovery of a manufacturing defect, a safety issue with the product's use, or marketing decisions.

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Abstract

The removal of a consumer product from the market place. The reason for the removal can be due a variety of causes, including the discovery of a manufacturing defect, a safety issue with the product's use, or marketing decisions.

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9 entry terms
  • Market Withdrawals
  • Product Recalls
  • Product Withdrawals
  • Market Withdrawal
  • Product Recall
  • Product Withdrawal
  • Recalls, Product
  • Withdrawals, Market
  • Withdrawals, Product

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, legislation & jurisprudence, standards.

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Indexing Annotation

general; prefer specifics

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History Note

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Consumer Product Safety (1987-2009)

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  1. N06.850w.210.637w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Product Recalls and Withdrawals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057051. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057051
  2. Product Recalls and Withdrawals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_recall
  3. Product Recalls and Withdrawals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359495