Consumers Warned About Possible Saddle Pad Anthrax Contamination
CPSC recall 74073. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
CPSC recall 74073 has the recall date 1 Nov 1974. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Sports Equipment & Accessories.
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| Description | Consumers Warned About Possible Saddle Pad Anthrax Contamination NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 1974 Release # 74-073 Consumers Warned About Possible Saddle Pad Anthrax Contamination WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with the Perforated Pad Company today warned consumers, particularly horse owners, that 5,000 to 10,000 "Alaskan Hair Saddle Pads" sold nationwide since January could be contaminated with anthrax spores. The saddle pads, which utilized imported animal hair, retailed for between $7 and $9. The pads were manufactured by the Perforated Pad Company, Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The saddle pads are about three-quarters to one-inch thick with cotton duck quilt on one side and exposed short coarse greyish-black colored animal hair on the other side. They range in sizes from about 26 by 28 inches to 30 by 30 inches. The pads may bear a three-by-five inch blue label on the quilted side that includes the name of the manufacturer and one of six style numbers: 238, 238R, 500, 500R, 832 and 832R. Consumers… |
| Product | Perforated Pad Company Alaskan Hair Saddle Pads, Sports Equipment & Accessories |
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- CPSC recalls of 1974
- 14
- Recalls of 1974 with one of the same hazards
- 21%
- Recalls of 1974 in the category Sports Equipment & Accessories
- 7%
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 74073. https://recallregister.com/product/3757-consumers-warned-about-possible-saddle-pad-anthrax-contamination/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 74073 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 74073 has no incident or injury text.