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# FDA 101: Product Recalls (video)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fda_101_products_recalls_290920090633/
- Published: 2009-09-29T18:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T18:38:24.000Z
- Description: A short note pointing to an FDA Consumer Update video in which Recall Operations Team Leader Armando Zamora explains how the agency manages recalls of defective or potentially harmful regulated products.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Advisories, Politics, #vivvo-import

When an FDA-regulated product is defective or potentially harmful, removing it from the market may be necessary. In this Consumer Update video, FDA Recall Operations Team Leader Armando Zamora, explains how FDA manages product recalls.

### For More Information

- [FDA 101: Product Recalls - From First Alert to Effectiveness Checks (article)](http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm049070.htm?ref=foodconsumer.org)