Product Recalls
Guest safety has and continues to be a top priority for Target. We are working closely with our vendors, industry leaders and government agencies and children's products.
We recognize guests may have questions about product safety, particularly around toys. Target continually looks for ways to enhance our product safety program and has implemented an enhanced testing process for our owned brand products.
Our program tests for many factors including the overall safety and quality, as well as for lead, small parts and labeling. For national brand items, we require all of our vendor partners to meet and comply with all applicable laws regarding product safety.
Recall Process
We have a formal and rapid response plan for handling product recalls as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our layered approach includes a locking function at our registers so guests are not able to purchase recalled products. We communicate with team members so they can pull recalled items from store shelves and Target.com. We have several measures in place to alert our guests of impacted products including:
- Providing recall information at our stores and on the Guest Service Kiosks
- Posting information on Target.com as well as links to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- Notifying guests who have purchased recalled products on Target.com
- Automated phone dialer notification for REDcard guests, where allowable.
The recall information provided here is based on manufacturers’ and regulatory agencies’ press releases that involve product sold through Target Stores, and Target.com. Product recall notices are available to guests for up to 240 days and updated on a regular basis.
Your Online Resource for product recalls:
www.recalls.gov
This web site links visitors to the home pages of government regulatory agencies responsible for product recalls. In addition to finding details about recalled products, visitors will gain additional safety information and may sign up for email alerts on recalled products, as they become available.
In addition, if you wish to know more about food or product recalls you can also visit the regulatory agencies websites shown on the left or you can directly contact the product manufacturer for more information.
References and links are to non-Target sites and are provided as a service. Please note that by clicking on one of these links, you will be accessing information from that agency’s web site and will be subject to the policies of that site.
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