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The federal government is reacting tonight
to a series of product recalls over the past several months,
affecting a range of items from toys to pet food.
Now, it's trying to make it easier
for you to get recall information.
Sean Upton shows you how.
>> 2007 has been The Year of the Recall.
18,000,000 toys have been recalled
because of danger from lead paint, or magnets
that could break loose and be swallowed by a child.
Pet food, toothpaste and baby food
were pulled from store shelves.
>> Recent events have called into question
the basic safety of various products,
such as, uh, food for our families,
and the toys that our children use.
>> With so many recalls covering so many different products,
consumers have had trouble finding out
whether the items in their homes are safe.
>> I'm pleased to announce today,
the unveiling of a new online tool to help inform
Canadians of children's products that have been recalled.
>> HealthyCanadians.gc.ca is now equipped
with a search function to help consumers find
specific product recalls.
But Clement says he would also like to find
more ways to keep unsafe products from making it
to store shelves in the first place.
>> Certainly on product safety,
the tools available to me are, are long,
in the, in the tooth, quite frankly,
haven't been revised in decades, uh,
and they don't, uh, they don't mirror
the pace of globalization
that we see in the world today.
>> For consumers wanting to keep pace with the recalls,
both Health Canada and Canada's Food Inspection Agency
promise to keep the website up-to-date.
Sean Upton, CBC News, Ottawa.
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