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I know the headline sounds funny, but remember that could kill a diabetic.

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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'm not quite sure how this would done in a timely-er fashion. Signage in the stores? In theory, anyone paying with plastic could have been contacted through the card company.

That would involve the manufacturer alerting the store, the store alerting all the various card companies, then the card companies alerting the customer. That's a lot of infrastructure to keep running and to do so fast enough that the customer finds out within a day or two of the recall.

Expensive. Worthwhile given the potential to save lives or hospital stays, but you know how companies are.

This would also involve admitting all your purchase history is collected and stored in a way that is not anonymized, which I don't think people would quite like to be explicitly told about.

[–] mbtrhcs 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

In Germany, supermarkets typically post product recalls right on the doors or over the shelves of the section that has the affected products. I guess if you bought something you might be less likely to go down that aisle again next time and come across the sign, but (barring a big empty space at the entrance) I think that's the most reasonable place for them to be

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you ever find there are a lot of these signs at any given time? Having them in a designated area by the entryway then maybe again by the shelf where they stock it seems like a good combination.

In my head I worry it might become overwhelming to the point no one reads them anymore. Though I suppose that could be mitigated with a large image of the recalled product, to make it easier to check at a glance without having to stop and read for a minute. I can't remember ever seeing signage at the shops near me. I wish we had that.

Maybe I'm overthinking it and it's a rarity to ever have more than a couple products be recalled at a single time. Can't say I've put much thought into any of this before.

[–] linuno@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

in my experience, it is rare to see two recalls at the same time in the same store. and yes, there usually is a rather large picture of the product. standard size paper (din a4) where the top half is a picture and the bottom half a description of the recall with info as to why and which batch numbers are affected.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ah okay, I like that implementation. Good to have it be eye-catching and not just a bunch of text. Thanks for letting me know.

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