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no need to think twice about it you
won’t be able to use it again anyway Wow
only Kenner is Easy Bake Oven scent
makes such delicious cakes cookies candy
brownies pizza pies and biscuits welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
infamous product recalls for this list
we’re taking a look at products that
were taken off the market after urging
the public and stirring controversy this
isn’t the first time the company has
recalled spinach because products are
typically recalled out of necessity for
safety and health reasons and those
products are rarely seen again we’re
also considering how this affected the
companies that manufactured them number
10
Easy Bake Ovens what can I get for 8,000
tickets a BB gun or an easy bake oven
hmm hot food is tempting but I just
can’t say no to a weapon introduced in
1963 the Easy Bake Oven was immediately
appealing kids getting to make tasty
treats what’s not to like in 2007
however Hasbro recalled its latest model
of the toy after they received numerous
substantial complaints of children
getting their fingers stuck in the oven
store you remember putting your hand in
there so how come you’re putting your
hand in there again Hasbro issued a
voluntary recall and made available a
free US Consumer Product Safety
Commission approved guard for all those
who still wanted to keep the oven except
it didn’t work
the CPSC report revealed approximately
250 more cases of children’s fingers
getting caught in the door and nearly 80
cases of burns with one girl’s burn
being so bad her finger was amputated
new easy-bake yeah is so
cookies bacon with friends this brought
on another recall in the end the recall
affected nearly 1 million Easy Bake
Ovens ok you know that batter is like 30
years old number 9
Volkswagen it’s more than just a car
back in 2015 the US Environmental
Protection Agency charged Volkswagen
with breaching the Clean Air Act a 1963
law that tries to ensure exactly what
its name implies the investigation
revealed that 11 million Volkswagen
vehicles that had turbocharged direct
injection diesel engines were programmed
using defeat devices to keep emissions
at approved levels during testing
periods but would forego those controls
afterwards thereby releasing unapproved
levels of nitrogen oxide into the air in
other words there was no way this was
accidental because the software was
designed very carefully to detect an
official emissions test
as a result Volkswagen made plans to
invest over 18 billion dollars to refit
affected models across the globe and
reduce their emissions as you can
imagine their reputation also took a bit
of a hit but the CEO you know addressing
some 2,000 employees and speaking
publicly made no bones about it this is
going to be painful and it’s going to be
complicated number 8 peanut Corporation
of America’s peanut products it’s just
not something that you sort of think of
as a dangerous product remember in 2008
when there was that salmonella outbreak
if you don’t you should the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention reported
nine deaths and over 700 cases of food
poisoning as a result of negligence some
people are starting to look at the
salmonella outbreak of the peanut
Corporation of America as this trend
towards more pandemic outrage after an
extensive collaborative investigation
between the CDC and the FDA the outbreak
was traced back to a peanut corporation
of america plant in georgia they were
working against them through lies
through cover-up and through anything
they could do to prevent the truth from
coming out reports on that facility as
well as the one in texas revealed
unsanitary conditions such as dead
animals
moldy ceilings reports also accuse the
plant and company CEO of approving the
sale of products that had already tested
positive for Salmonella victims from
from the contamination have been waiting
and calling for these people to be
charged for a long time and so they
finally they finally got their answer
today the scandals recall was the
largest pertaining to food in US history
and it forced the peanut corporation
into bankruptcy
number seven Ford pintos in 1976
hillclimb tests a Ford Pinto pony beat a
Toyota Corolla and the Datsun b210 that
same kind of excellent performance is
built into the 77 Ford engine in action
movies it’s not uncommon to see a car
explode after even the smallest impact
you
starting as early as 1973 there were
cases stating that the Ford Pinto might
be volatile it wasn’t until the next
year that something official came about
with a petition put forth by the center
for auto safety to recall the car make
compared Pinto it may be the best small
car Buy in America
apparently the Ford pintos gas tank was
poorly positioned between the rear axle
and bumper and it tended to catch fire
when it touched the shock absorber in
the back of the car and thus would
frequently explode in rear-end
collisions Ford faced a slew of legal
battles and accusations criticizing its
decision making both before and during
the scandal ultimately Ford issued a
massive recall and in 1980 they stopped
producing the Pinto altogether America’s
best-selling small car last year is an
even better idea for seventy-seven
number six
Takata airbags five million more
vehicles with the potentially defective
Takata airbag chances are not bad that
you’ve sat in a car with Takata
corporation airbags given that they’ve
been manufactured since 1988 and cover
20% of the airbag market sure thank God
the airbags activated whose are my lungs
ah however in 2013 complaints against
the company came pouring in citing
issues that may have spanned the
previous 10 years honda asserted that
their product caused eight deaths and
approximately 100 injuries claiming that
even in minor collisions Takata airbags
propelled deadly shrapnel upon
deployment the 34 year old says when her
airbag deployed the fly shrapnel cut off
more than half of her left ear an
investigation revealed it was a Takata
production plant in Mexico that had
inappropriately assembled the less
stable parts of the airbags over the
course of the controversy several
recalls were issued necessitating a
recall of millions of vehicles from
various brands including Ford Toyota
Chrysler and BM
this inflator had been recalled in 61
other countries by other manufacturers
Ford nitsa and Takata all knew the
distance later had problem number five
Roman blinds people aren’t always in a
position to just yank them off the
windows and and go without the exact
number of deaths and injuries due to
this product can be debated as use of
Roman blinds is so widespread but what
cannot be argued is the fact that in
2009 all Roman style blinds were
recalled from the market we’d place
those shades there next to his crib with
no idea that they were potentially so
dangerous what does all constitute well
around 50 million units the United
States Consumer Product Safety
Commission cold roman style blinds when
several children died from strangulation
after becoming entangled in the shades
exposed inner cord it’s really shocking
you know because a lot of us have these
in our homes ultimately the report
recommended consumer stopped using Roman
style shades altogether if they were not
equipped with updated safety precautions
obviously we want to saw a product it’s
safe
I say further our customers are safe for
their pets too safe for their children
number four the Infantino sling rider
baby slings the best thing was saying to
moms is don’t panic in 2010 over 1
million sling style
Infantino brand baby carriers were
recalled from the market the Consumer
Product Safety Commission determined
there was a risk of asphyxiation for
those babies being carried you might
have your baby in a sling next to you
and not notice that the baby has gone
into this position where it cannot
breathe after three infant deaths
occurred an investigation was launched
which revealed sling style carriers
could block air passages resulting in
the tragic death of these infants
Derek’s mother Lisa Cochran had been
carrying her son in a sling made by
Infantino the risk was especially great
for those under the age of four months
in March 2010 the CPSC issued a report
linking 14 deaths to the product dating
back as far as 1990 and just weeks later
the recall was issued if you are going
to shop Craigslist
or any type of input products do go to
the CPSC website I would I would check
their website before you purchase
something and make sure that you’re not
about to buy something that could be
potentially very hazardous number three
Chinese milk this scandal with powdered
baby milk has again shaken consumer
confidence back in 2008 China recalled
approximately 9,000 tons of powdered
baby formula it was revealed the China’s
largest producer of baby formula had
issued products cut with melamine a
dangerous chemical used for plastic that
can also be used to falsely indicate
high protein levels when added to milk
700 tons of milk powder have been yanked
from Chinese store shelves but parents
fear is sticking around
according to reports it was this
misleading nutritional information that
led to the deaths of at least six
infants from complications with their
kidneys ultimately the scandal affected
300,000 victims including 54,000 infants
the responsibility to let the consumers
know that what they put in their mouths
or in the children’s mouth is safe that
the ultimate responsibility for that is
of course with a with the government two
men were sentenced to death by shit’s
yachts Wong’s Intermediate People’s
Court for their role in selling the
contaminated powder number two tylenol
this is something that we can learn from
today that having at least empathy for
consumers and understanding that if
there’s consumer health and safety
issues you need to go that extra mile
this pain reliever was pulled from the
market in October 1982 after it was
linked to the murders of seven people
reports determined tylenol in Chicago
and its surrounding areas had been
tampered with and laced with potassium
cyanide we’ve been receiving calls about
once every 15 seconds Johnson & Johnson
tylenols parent company promptly issued
warnings suspended production and set in
motion a full nationwide recall across
the Orlando area stores check their
extra strength tylenol stock many stores
removed it in total tylenol pulled
nearly 100 million dollars worth of
product from the market and the entire
pharmaceutical industry developed
special packaging to prevent tamper
and now reintroducing Tylenol capsules
safety shield three ways interestingly
no culprits in this case were ever
caught but in the wake of the crisis the
public was scared by several copycat
offences the company faced yet another
recall in 2010 but this time initiated
due to mildew in its products it’s the
latest flow to the drug makers
reputation and something parents have to
think about every time they try to buy
medicine for their kids before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions everyone wanted to be
the one who rescued rocky if that
everyone thought they could do it
without help from anyone else Keurig is
recalling six point six million of its
popular single serving coffee makers
there have now been 90 reports of burn
related injuries in the meantime Toyota
will recall the cars and shorten the
accelerator three-quarters of an inch
the plastic hardware can break or deform
causing the drop side to detach when the
drop side detaches it creates a space
between the drop side in the crib
mattress now though it seems similar
issues are back to haunt the company
with reports that batteries in the new
Galaxy Note 7 phone tablet are blowing
up number 1 Ford Explorers Firestone
tires back to cars and crashes in 2000
after a warning from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Ford launched an investigation into the
quality of the Firestone tires that it
used on its vehicles with long-lasting
Firestone champion tires is there really
such a thing as a wrong term they
determined that several Firestone models
failed far more often than what’s
considered normal and after more tests
found that explorers fitted with these
tires tended to roll over when they
failed most of the deaths and injuries
involve Ford Explorers not other
vehicles equipped with the same tires
one possible reason for these problems
before the Explorer was first put on the
market
Ford discovered it was inclined to roll
over in accidents instead of a complete
redesign they opted to reduce air
pressure in the tires however low tire
pressure can lead to
deterioration of the rubber reports very
but these Firestone Tire failures are
thought to have caused 250 deaths and
3000 injuries the recall ultimately
pulled over fourteen point four million
tires Explorer was built for any kind of
adventure so get up get out get moving
do you agree with our list what do you
think is the most infamous product
recall these three toddlers have all
lost their lives after the IKEA chest
fell on them for more interesting top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com the name that
known is Firestone where the rubber
meets the road
no need to think twice about it you
won’t be able to use it again anyway Wow
only Kenner is Easy Bake Oven scent
makes such delicious cakes cookies candy
brownies pizza pies and biscuits welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
infamous product recalls for this list
we’re taking a look at products that
were taken off the market after urging
the public and stirring controversy this
isn’t the first time the company has
recalled spinach because products are
typically recalled out of necessity for
safety and health reasons and those
products are rarely seen again we’re
also considering how this affected the
companies that manufactured them number
10
Easy Bake Ovens what can I get for 8,000
tickets a BB gun or an easy bake oven
hmm hot food is tempting but I just
can’t say no to a weapon introduced in
1963 the Easy Bake Oven was immediately
appealing kids getting to make tasty
treats what’s not to like in 2007
however Hasbro recalled its latest model
of the toy after they received numerous
substantial complaints of children
getting their fingers stuck in the oven
store you remember putting your hand in
there so how come you’re putting your
hand in there again Hasbro issued a
voluntary recall and made available a
free US Consumer Product Safety
Commission approved guard for all those
who still wanted to keep the oven except
it didn’t work
the CPSC report revealed approximately
250 more cases of children’s fingers
getting caught in the door and nearly 80
cases of burns with one girl’s burn
being so bad her finger was amputated
new easy-bake yeah is so
cookies bacon with friends this brought
on another recall in the end the recall
affected nearly 1 million Easy Bake
Ovens ok you know that batter is like 30
years old number 9
Volkswagen it’s more than just a car
back in 2015 the US Environmental
Protection Agency charged Volkswagen
with breaching the Clean Air Act a 1963
law that tries to ensure exactly what
its name implies the investigation
revealed that 11 million Volkswagen
vehicles that had turbocharged direct
injection diesel engines were programmed
using defeat devices to keep emissions
at approved levels during testing
periods but would forego those controls
afterwards thereby releasing unapproved
levels of nitrogen oxide into the air in
other words there was no way this was
accidental because the software was
designed very carefully to detect an
official emissions test
as a result Volkswagen made plans to
invest over 18 billion dollars to refit
affected models across the globe and
reduce their emissions as you can
imagine their reputation also took a bit
of a hit but the CEO you know addressing
some 2,000 employees and speaking
publicly made no bones about it this is
going to be painful and it’s going to be
complicated number 8 peanut Corporation
of America’s peanut products it’s just
not something that you sort of think of
as a dangerous product remember in 2008
when there was that salmonella outbreak
if you don’t you should the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention reported
nine deaths and over 700 cases of food
poisoning as a result of negligence some
people are starting to look at the
salmonella outbreak of the peanut
Corporation of America as this trend
towards more pandemic outrage after an
extensive collaborative investigation
between the CDC and the FDA the outbreak
was traced back to a peanut corporation
of america plant in georgia they were
working against them through lies
through cover-up and through anything
they could do to prevent the truth from
coming out reports on that facility as
well as the one in texas revealed
unsanitary conditions such as dead
animals
moldy ceilings reports also accuse the
plant and company CEO of approving the
sale of products that had already tested
positive for Salmonella victims from
from the contamination have been waiting
and calling for these people to be
charged for a long time and so they
finally they finally got their answer
today the scandals recall was the
largest pertaining to food in US history
and it forced the peanut corporation
into bankruptcy
number seven Ford pintos in 1976
hillclimb tests a Ford Pinto pony beat a
Toyota Corolla and the Datsun b210 that
same kind of excellent performance is
built into the 77 Ford engine in action
movies it’s not uncommon to see a car
explode after even the smallest impact
you
starting as early as 1973 there were
cases stating that the Ford Pinto might
be volatile it wasn’t until the next
year that something official came about
with a petition put forth by the center
for auto safety to recall the car make
compared Pinto it may be the best small
car Buy in America
apparently the Ford pintos gas tank was
poorly positioned between the rear axle
and bumper and it tended to catch fire
when it touched the shock absorber in
the back of the car and thus would
frequently explode in rear-end
collisions Ford faced a slew of legal
battles and accusations criticizing its
decision making both before and during
the scandal ultimately Ford issued a
massive recall and in 1980 they stopped
producing the Pinto altogether America’s
best-selling small car last year is an
even better idea for seventy-seven
number six
Takata airbags five million more
vehicles with the potentially defective
Takata airbag chances are not bad that
you’ve sat in a car with Takata
corporation airbags given that they’ve
been manufactured since 1988 and cover
20% of the airbag market sure thank God
the airbags activated whose are my lungs
ah however in 2013 complaints against
the company came pouring in citing
issues that may have spanned the
previous 10 years honda asserted that
their product caused eight deaths and
approximately 100 injuries claiming that
even in minor collisions Takata airbags
propelled deadly shrapnel upon
deployment the 34 year old says when her
airbag deployed the fly shrapnel cut off
more than half of her left ear an
investigation revealed it was a Takata
production plant in Mexico that had
inappropriately assembled the less
stable parts of the airbags over the
course of the controversy several
recalls were issued necessitating a
recall of millions of vehicles from
various brands including Ford Toyota
Chrysler and BM
this inflator had been recalled in 61
other countries by other manufacturers
Ford nitsa and Takata all knew the
distance later had problem number five
Roman blinds people aren’t always in a
position to just yank them off the
windows and and go without the exact
number of deaths and injuries due to
this product can be debated as use of
Roman blinds is so widespread but what
cannot be argued is the fact that in
2009 all Roman style blinds were
recalled from the market we’d place
those shades there next to his crib with
no idea that they were potentially so
dangerous what does all constitute well
around 50 million units the United
States Consumer Product Safety
Commission cold roman style blinds when
several children died from strangulation
after becoming entangled in the shades
exposed inner cord it’s really shocking
you know because a lot of us have these
in our homes ultimately the report
recommended consumer stopped using Roman
style shades altogether if they were not
equipped with updated safety precautions
obviously we want to saw a product it’s
safe
I say further our customers are safe for
their pets too safe for their children
number four the Infantino sling rider
baby slings the best thing was saying to
moms is don’t panic in 2010 over 1
million sling style
Infantino brand baby carriers were
recalled from the market the Consumer
Product Safety Commission determined
there was a risk of asphyxiation for
those babies being carried you might
have your baby in a sling next to you
and not notice that the baby has gone
into this position where it cannot
breathe after three infant deaths
occurred an investigation was launched
which revealed sling style carriers
could block air passages resulting in
the tragic death of these infants
Derek’s mother Lisa Cochran had been
carrying her son in a sling made by
Infantino the risk was especially great
for those under the age of four months
in March 2010 the CPSC issued a report
linking 14 deaths to the product dating
back as far as 1990 and just weeks later
the recall was issued if you are going
to shop Craigslist
or any type of input products do go to
the CPSC website I would I would check
their website before you purchase
something and make sure that you’re not
about to buy something that could be
potentially very hazardous number three
Chinese milk this scandal with powdered
baby milk has again shaken consumer
confidence back in 2008 China recalled
approximately 9,000 tons of powdered
baby formula it was revealed the China’s
largest producer of baby formula had
issued products cut with melamine a
dangerous chemical used for plastic that
can also be used to falsely indicate
high protein levels when added to milk
700 tons of milk powder have been yanked
from Chinese store shelves but parents
fear is sticking around
according to reports it was this
misleading nutritional information that
led to the deaths of at least six
infants from complications with their
kidneys ultimately the scandal affected
300,000 victims including 54,000 infants
the responsibility to let the consumers
know that what they put in their mouths
or in the children’s mouth is safe that
the ultimate responsibility for that is
of course with a with the government two
men were sentenced to death by shit’s
yachts Wong’s Intermediate People’s
Court for their role in selling the
contaminated powder number two tylenol
this is something that we can learn from
today that having at least empathy for
consumers and understanding that if
there’s consumer health and safety
issues you need to go that extra mile
this pain reliever was pulled from the
market in October 1982 after it was
linked to the murders of seven people
reports determined tylenol in Chicago
and its surrounding areas had been
tampered with and laced with potassium
cyanide we’ve been receiving calls about
once every 15 seconds Johnson & Johnson
tylenols parent company promptly issued
warnings suspended production and set in
motion a full nationwide recall across
the Orlando area stores check their
extra strength tylenol stock many stores
removed it in total tylenol pulled
nearly 100 million dollars worth of
product from the market and the entire
pharmaceutical industry developed
special packaging to prevent tamper
and now reintroducing Tylenol capsules
safety shield three ways interestingly
no culprits in this case were ever
caught but in the wake of the crisis the
public was scared by several copycat
offences the company faced yet another
recall in 2010 but this time initiated
due to mildew in its products it’s the
latest flow to the drug makers
reputation and something parents have to
think about every time they try to buy
medicine for their kids before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions everyone wanted to be
the one who rescued rocky if that
everyone thought they could do it
without help from anyone else Keurig is
recalling six point six million of its
popular single serving coffee makers
there have now been 90 reports of burn
related injuries in the meantime Toyota
will recall the cars and shorten the
accelerator three-quarters of an inch
the plastic hardware can break or deform
causing the drop side to detach when the
drop side detaches it creates a space
between the drop side in the crib
mattress now though it seems similar
issues are back to haunt the company
with reports that batteries in the new
Galaxy Note 7 phone tablet are blowing
up number 1 Ford Explorers Firestone
tires back to cars and crashes in 2000
after a warning from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Ford launched an investigation into the
quality of the Firestone tires that it
used on its vehicles with long-lasting
Firestone champion tires is there really
such a thing as a wrong term they
determined that several Firestone models
failed far more often than what’s
considered normal and after more tests
found that explorers fitted with these
tires tended to roll over when they
failed most of the deaths and injuries
involve Ford Explorers not other
vehicles equipped with the same tires
one possible reason for these problems
before the Explorer was first put on the
market
Ford discovered it was inclined to roll
over in accidents instead of a complete
redesign they opted to reduce air
pressure in the tires however low tire
pressure can lead to
deterioration of the rubber reports very
but these Firestone Tire failures are
thought to have caused 250 deaths and
3000 injuries the recall ultimately
pulled over fourteen point four million
tires Explorer was built for any kind of
adventure so get up get out get moving
do you agree with our list what do you
think is the most infamous product
recall these three toddlers have all
lost their lives after the IKEA chest
fell on them for more interesting top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com the name that
known is Firestone where the rubber
meets the road
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