Just reading Consumer Affiars/ACCC site for interest, ended up here. This is great reading - particularly the food recall defects.

http://www.recalls.gov.au/

Some good food ones:

Product Info: Smith’s Classic Crinkle Cut Potato Chips Salt and Vinegar
Defect Details: Foreign matter-rubber pieces
http://www.recalls.gov.au/view_recall_detail.php?Recall_ID_Auto=16121

Product Info: Angostura Lemon Lime and Bitters and Angostura Lemon Lime and Bitters light
Defect Details: Foreign matter - glass
http://www.recalls.gov.au/view_recall_detail.php?Recall_ID_Auto=16060

Product Info: McCain Stir Fry Vegetables Pasta Alfredo with Sauce
Defect Details: Foreign matter - metal
http://www.recalls.gov.au/view_recall_detail.php?Recall_ID_Auto=15964

TBH though, hardly any recalls - about 3-4 a month which is pretty comforting I guess. Presumably they do a lot of testing one hopes.

Product Info: Playstation 3 Console
Defect Details: Foreign matter not detected - Games

Magic Growing Beasts
Date: 28/11/2008
Defect Details: The toy may expand in the stomach if swallowed.


lol, I heard about this one, toy grows 8 times its size when wet.

Defect Details: Foreign matter not detected - Games

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Product Info: WetWired's post
Defect Details: Jokes past their used by date

REDI™-various hot/cold packs
Defect Details: These products contain the toxic substance ethylene glycol (rather than the non-toxic ingredient propylene glycol)

Whoops!

Wonder how many of these products are made in China. I know that when I was in the US last year there was a story in the media stating that 60% of all product recalls in the prior 12 months were from china.

Time for obama to shake his nuclear fist at china and show them who is boss.

Product Info: Xbox 360
Defect Details: Local matter not detected - Working Hardware


Someone had to do it... well ok maybe they didn't.