Sources

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Equivalent agencies in covered jurisdictions (Health Canada, EU RAPEX, etc.).
A curated set of consumer-reporting outlets (Consumer Reports and equivalents) for non-agency advisories.

Verification

Recalls from agency feeds are accepted as authoritative and trigger immediate score recalculation. Non-agency news items pass through a verification step (cross-source confirmation) before any score change. Every news item on a listing carries a date stamp and a source link.

How a recall changes the score

An active recall attaches an alert to the listing immediately and lowers the score by a category-dependent amount. A resolved recall (manufacturer remediation accepted by the agency) becomes a provenance note on the listing; the score is restored, but the history remains visible.

How news items affect the listing

News items inform the verdict line and may attach an advisory note. They do not directly move the score unless the news reflects a verified agency action.

False-positive review

If a news item is later retracted or shown to be inaccurate, the moderator queue removes the attachment and posts a correction note on the listing. Contested news-feed flags route to the community council.