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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched an innovative iPhone app to help shoppers avoid buying unsafe recalled goods.

Consumers can keep track of recalled goods with the free ACCC Recalls Australia iPhone app, created by The Slattery Media Group, or use it to alert the national consumer watchdog to products they believe might be dangerous.

The app allows consumers to easily search for information on Australian consumer goods recalls while out shopping.

Consumers can scan products by name or category to call up information, including where the product was sold, identifying features such as a batch number, and what action to take if they own an affected product.

Categories covered include beauty and health, cars, furniture, and baby products.

If consumers detect an item they think could be unsafe, they can report it directly to the ACCC via the app, and they can also attach and send a photo of the suspect product.

ACCC deputy chairman Peter Kell said the app is a quick and easy way for consumers to check for recalled products when out and about, allowing consumers to identify recalled goods at a garage sale, or to check on any second-hand products they might receive from a friend or neighbour.

“It is the ACCC’s role to ensure the products you buy in the marketplace are safe for you and your kids,” Mr Kell said in app’s YouTube video. “One of the most important roles we play at the ACCC as the product safety regulator is to monitor all of the recalls of unsafe products. In that way, we ensure that any products that may cause a risk to you, or to your children or your family, can be taken out of the marketplace as quickly as possible.”

For more information on the ACCC Recalls Australia iPhone app, check out Mr Kell's guide to the app on YouTube

To find out more about the The Slattery Media Group custom iPhone and iPad development click here