P&G Pod Recall

[launderess]

Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel pods are affected.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/05/laundry-detergent-pods-recall/73218917007/

Procter & Gamble Recalls 8.2 Million Defective Bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel Laundry Detergent Packets Distributed in US Due to Risk of Serious Injury

Consumers should immediately secure the recalled bags out of sight and reach of children and contact Procter & Gamble for a full refund and a free replacement child-resistant bag to store the product. Consumers can also receive a cabinet lock for securing laundry materials. Consumers should...

www.cpsc.gov

 

[bpetersxx]

I wondered about that

we have to pull all product from the shelves

 

[logixx]

I came across this yesterday. So am I to understand this zipper track is what is supposed to make the bag child-proof? I see that you can't really do much with a plastic bag but when I think of "child-proof packaging", I think of these push and turn caps on medicine bottles or some caustic cleaners. A zipper track... that's what we have on dog food.

 

[bpetersxx]

yeah because the plastic tubs are not recalled as I think

just the bags

 

[launderess]

Since it is only package that is defective and not actual pods, one foresees sometime in future a vast number of loose pods offered on secondary/discount market.

This or depending upon how much shelf life is left returned pods simply repackaged and sold on. Again perhaps to secondary/discount market.

Associated costs of recall can be written off by P&G as loss in CODB. But they can get some of that back by selling on pods that are in good condition.