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Product-safety recall actions

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Distinct product-safety recall actions under a stated jurisdiction and period basis, retaining action identity, products, notices, hazards, markets and remedies as separate fields.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Distinct product-safety recall actions
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Add only non-overlapping records after applying the stated identity and deduplication controls
Pillar
Social
Topic
Consumers and product responsibility
Controlled domain
Consumers and end users
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Count disjoint recall-action identifiers under compatible legal and period bases. Keep recalls and withdrawals distinct and do not sum overlapping child rows.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU laws and regulatory guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    2024
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Recall-notice template fields, PDF pages 3-4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU laws and regulatory guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 29 May 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Recall and withdrawal definitions, PDF page 5; Articles 35-37, PDF pages 32-35
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Distinct product-safety recall actions
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: A non-negative count of recall actions. Product models, batches, units, notices, countries and remedies are child fields and not separate actions unless the source defines them that way.

Table fields and units

  • Recall action
  • Jurisdiction
  • Authority
  • Product or batch
  • Hazard
  • Initiation date
  • Action status
  • Remedy availability

Published dimensions

  • jurisdiction and legal basis
  • responsible organization and authority
  • recall-action identity
  • product model and batch
  • markets
  • hazard and risk
  • action and notice dates
  • status
  • remedy availability

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety, consolidated

    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 29 May 2026
    Locator
    Recall and withdrawal definitions, PDF page 5; Articles 35-37, PDF pages 32-35

    Supports: Supports the recall-action identity, notice and remedy context.

    Open official source
  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435

    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    2024
    Locator
    Recall-notice template fields, PDF pages 3-4

    Supports: Supports the current official recall-notice field structure.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 consolidated 29 May 2026 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435.

  • Name the jurisdiction, legal or voluntary basis and action identity rule.
  • Keep models, batches, notices, countries and remedies as child fields.
  • State the reporting-period inclusion rule and recall-versus-withdrawal state.

Record-specific limitations

  • Recall laws, thresholds and systems vary.
  • The count does not measure product units, consumer exposure, injuries, noncompliance findings, remedy completion, recall effectiveness or safety performance.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.