Product recall

However, there aren't any federal laws, nor really are there any state laws, that prohibit dealerships from selling a used car that has an open safety recall.

There may be some disclosure requirements about it, and they have to tell you about it in most cases, but they don't actually have to fix it, even if there is a remedy for it.

So when you're shopping for used cars, you need to know if that car has a recall on it, and you can, very often I find it on the Carfax report, but then I also take that VIN number and run it through the Recall by VIN [laughs] website that's run by the government, and see is there an open recall on this specific car? 'Cause that will also tell you if it's been resolved.

There may have been a recall, but the recall work was done, and so that then is good.

It's had the work done.

And finally, towards the end of each episode, we like to recommend some form of media, a book, fiction or nonfiction, a movie, TV show, music, whatever we can find.

This week, we're recommending an old episode of Last Week Tonight from two years ago that talks about food recalls.

Or if you're eager for a book, we would recommend Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the publishing of which helped force the government to address the public health crisis around sanitation and food production, especially in slaughterhouses.

So, you know, if you need to get your fix of growth stories from meatpacking plants for this week, there you go, you sicko.

Two weeks.

It says, as of October 6, 2026, there are actively 345 U.S. food recalls.

207 Class 1, 120 Class 2, and 18 Class 3.

And multiple ongoing consumer product recalls, including...

But at the same time, we're going to see more and more of these recalls.

I'm just going to have a quick look at food recalls and just see if there's anything recent.

Because that's what's going to happen.

As more and more people get sick, this is going to become a thing.

So I just typed in, where is it? Food recalls.

I'll go back to it.

I've got...

I'll do it on Google instead of DuckDuckGo because it's got the AI.

Uh, you had the opportunity today to cover something pretty timely, pretty newsworthy, things that touch everyone right now, uh, with Rachael Spiegel from Fager Drinker partner.

Uh, and that is food recalls.

Yeah, I, I brought up the fact I think some people are still a little concerned about eating lettuce, though I think, I think we're all right now.

I think we're okay.

So what kinds of hurdles and issues are food and ag companies experiencing right now, and how has that evolved in recent years?

Well, there's been a lot of different issues that have come up in the last few years.

Obviously, food recalls are consistently a big issue for companies, especially if you're manufacturing and processing a product that doesn't have a kill step, such as leafy greens and, uh, bagged lettuce, bagged salads.

Um, so there's always gonna be, you know, foodborne illness risks within our food supply that, that keeps me and my team very, very busy.