Product Recall

A procedure put into place in case of product defects and the product that are being distributed out needs to be taken back by manufacturing company.

There are basically three class categories to a product recall, namely Class I, Class II and Class III. Class I with cases that are extremely dangerous to consumers and are life threatening. As compared to Class I, Class II’s cases are not as dangerous and not as life threatening and Class III being the least dangerous of all. There are 3 levels of recall, namely, wholesale, retail and consumer. The level of recall depends on the defective nature and deemed as appropriate by the company.

The recalled products that are removed from the market either undergoes treatment to get rid of the problem or are destroyed. Products that must be destroyed have to be disposed of properly such as by burying them at landfills. The location, time and code numbers of the disposed products should be taken down for future referencing.

A recall team will consists of a senior operations manager who is familiar with the entire manufacturing process, public relations specialist who will be dealing with the media, marketing specialist, scientific advisor to quantify the risks, logistics and receiving specialist who is familiar with the shipping, tracking and storage of products, quality assurance specialist.

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