Write down what you have. We’ll do the remembering.

Most recalls are announced long after the thing was bought — often years after, and usually to an address the manufacturer never had. Hand-me-downs and second-hand buys miss the notice entirely, because there was never a card to fill in. The odds on any one item are small. The cost of missing the one that matters is not.

It takes about a minute

Type in what you’ve got. “Graco car seat” is enough to start. A model number off the sticker makes it sharper, but plenty of people never find one and it still works.
You get an answer straight away for each thing, with the actual recall notice behind it if there is one.
Then it keeps watching. Everything on your list is re-checked twice a day against the new children’s product recalls we take in, for as long as you keep it there.
If we find a match, you get an email the same day — with the agency’s own instruction about what to do, and what the maker owes you — usually a free repair kit, a replacement part, or a refund. That last part is the bit most people never claim.

What we don’t want from you

No receipts. No serial numbers unless you feel like it. Nothing about your children — not their names, not their ages, not a due date. Nothing about your health. The product needs to know the name of a pushchair; it does not need to know your family.

There are no adverts on this site and there never will be. Nobody is buying a list of new parents from us, because we are not collecting one.

You’ll hear from us when something changes, and once a month either way — a short note saying how many of your things were checked, against how many recalls, and that nothing came up. That’s so you know it’s still running rather than having to wonder. No weekly digest, no “here’s what’s new”, no nudges to come back, and you can switch the monthly note off and keep the alerts.

What it can and can’t tell you

When you see stop using this, that is the agency’s instruction, not ours — a recall names the product, or the whole class was banned outright. Cot bumpers and inclined sleepers, for instance, which were prohibited after children died in them and which still turn up constantly second-hand. The notice itself is one click away on every match, and it is the version to act on.

When we say nothing found, that means exactly that and no more. Most recall notices carry no model number, so we can never tell you a thing is safe — only that nothing published lines up with it. Anyone promising more than that is overselling.

The Recall Registry is not a government service. Every recall we show links straight through to the agency that issued it — CPSC, FDA or NHTSA — so you never have to take our word for it.

What we watch, and what we don’t

We watch the durable things — cots and bassinets, car seats, swings and bouncers, carriers and pushchairs, toys, children’s clothing and nursery furniture. The cot, the seat, the pushchair: the things you keep for years and would never think to re-check.

We don’t watch medicines and medical devices, food and vehicles.

Medicines and medical devices — the form declines them and points you at the agency that handles them
Food — same — declined at the point of entry, not accepted and half-checked
Vehicles — no VIN or number-plate lookup of any kind

All of those recalls are still in the free search — you can look up a medicine, a food or a car here today. What we don’t do is add them to a list and watch them for you. Search all recalls →

Try it with your things

Free while it’s in pilot, in exchange for telling us honestly what works and what doesn’t. No card, no contract, and you can stop whenever you like.

Create your free pilot account →

About a minute — an email address and a password, and you’re in. No card. Then add the first thing, in whatever words you would use out loud.

Already registered? Sign in.

Rather talk to someone first?

Tell us a bit about what you are looking after and we’ll write back — usually within a day or two. You don’t have to do this before making an account; it’s here if you would rather ask than click.

Honestly, where this is

Early. It works and it’s running, and a small number of households are being invited to use it free while we learn what works and what doesn’t. Nobody is paying for anything yet, and we’re having the whole thing reviewed by a lawyer before anyone does.

If you want in, the deal is straightforward: free access, and you tell us honestly how it does — the parts that help and the parts that don’t.

The Recall Registry is a trade name of Umbrum Holdings LLC.