About

The MPB Safety Desk

The Safety Desk is My Parenting Book's recall and safety monitoring team: an automated watch on official U.S. safety agencies, combined with mandatory human review before anything reaches you.

Why It Exists

Children's products are consistently among the most-recalled product categories in the United States — yet recall notices are scattered across agency websites, written in regulatory language, and easy to miss. The Safety Desk exists to close that gap: one place where parents can find child-relevant recalls, explained plainly, with a direct link to the official notice every time.

Where the Data Comes From

Every recall on this site originates from an official government source — never from rumor, social media, or second-hand reporting. Our primary source today is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the agency responsible for toys, nursery products, and most children's goods. We are expanding coverage to FDA (food and formula) and NHTSA (car seats) recall data.

Every recall page links to the official agency notice it is based on, so you can always verify the current status at the source.

How a Recall Reaches You

  1. Continuous monitoring

    Our system checks official agency databases for new and updated recalls throughout the day, every day — no recall waits for someone to remember to look.

  2. Child-relevance screening

    Agencies recall everything from power tools to pool drains. Each new record is screened so the Safety Desk queue contains recalls that matter to families with children — toys, nursery gear, feeding products, and any product whose hazard specifically endangers kids.

  3. Editorial review — always human

    Before anything is published, an editor checks the entry against the official agency record: product names, model numbers, unit counts, the hazard, the remedy, and that every link works. Nothing on the Safety Desk is published automatically.

  4. Publication and updates

    The published page presents the official facts plus a short, plain-language explanation of what parents should do. If the agency later updates the record, the page is flagged, re-reviewed, and republished with a visible "Updated" marker.

Where AI Fits — and Where It Doesn't

We are precise about this, because trust depends on it:

  • Never AI: the factual details on a recall page — product names, model numbers, lot codes, UPCs, unit counts, dates, retailers, and contact information — are taken directly from the official agency record.
  • AI-assisted, human-approved: the "What parents need to know" section starts as an AI-drafted summary written only from the facts in the official record. An editor reviews it against the source — and can edit or rewrite it — before publication. Recall pages name the reviewer.

Our full approach to AI is described in our Editorial Standards.

What the Safety Desk Is Not

  • It is not a substitute for the official notice. Remedy details and eligibility can change; always confirm via the agency link on each page before acting.
  • It is not legal or medical advice. If your child has been injured by a recalled product, contact your pediatrician or emergency services, and report the incident to the relevant agency.
  • It is not exhaustive. We focus on child-relevant recalls. For recalls of adult products, go to the agency websites directly.

Found a Problem?

If anything on a recall page looks wrong or out of date, please tell us — safety reports are fast-tracked under our Corrections Policy. Email [email protected] or use the contact form.

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