A recent article from Market Watch cites three web sites for checking product recalls:
Government web site:
http://www.recalls.gov/recent.html,
Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Announcements and Product Safetey Alerts page:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html, and
Consumer Reports (subscriptions required):
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/recalls/index.htm?AFFID=S01AR0.
