Recall and safety alerts

Manifest checks your items against official government recall databases — CPSC (consumer products), NHTSA (vehicles and child seats), and FDA (medical devices and food) — and shows a notice when something you own is on the list.

Where alerts appear

Recall notices show up in two places: on the item's detail page under the Care tab, and in the Needs attention feed on the main dashboard.

How the check works

When you open an item's Care tab, Manifest queries the recall databases by name, brand, and model. The result is cached for up to seven days; after that, a fresh check runs automatically when you come back to the page. You can also trigger a manual refresh from the Care tab.

For higher-risk categories like electronics, appliances, kitchen items, toys, tools, and vehicles, Manifest runs a secondary search if the main databases return nothing, to catch records that might be indexed differently.

Dismiss a recall

Once you've read the official notice, tap the dismiss action on the recall row. The alert clears from your attention feed. If the same item is checked again and the recall is still active in the database, it will reappear.

Good to know

• A recall alert is a heads-up, not a guarantee your specific unit is affected. Recalls often apply to a particular date range, lot number, or configuration. Read the official notice before acting.
• Manifest links to the original notice on cpsc.gov, nhtsa.gov, or fda.gov so you can see the exact remedy and which units are covered.
• Recall checks are the same across all plans. Trial, Vault, and Unlimited accounts all get identical coverage.
• Items with no brand or model name give the check less to work with and may miss relevant notices.