Before buying new things many of us look for online reviews or ask friends about the certain product. The problem is that often we miss, a quite valuable info about the product safety and eventual recall.
Here are few places where you can get informed about the recent safety problems with many common items. That info can be found in your local safety agency website, but in terms that many of the products are selling globally on amazon and ebay and sometimes not all safety criteria and updates are same, is good to look for information at few more sources.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Health Canada:
European Union - European Commission-Consumer safety:
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission:
Global:
Other useful websites: