Are recalled products still in homes?

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Millions of consumer products are recalled every year, but the unsafe items still find their way into our homes.

Danny was a great kid. He was always happy.

When the parents of 16 month old Danny Keysar dropped him off at daycare, they had no idea he would lose his life to a dangerous product being used in the facility.

Danny's mother, Linda Ginzel said, "I don't think any parent ever thinks that something like this is going to happen to their child."

Danny had been napping in the crib like this one when the side collapsed, catching his neck and suffocating him. as it turns out, that crib had been recalled 5 years earlier.

"We really didn't believe it. How such a deadly crib could be in a licensed daycare," added Ginzel.

Every year, the consumer product safety commission issues nearly 500 recalls involving millions of products. Unfortunately many consumers never get the message, leaving dangerous products lingering in homes or up for sale on the internet.

Michelle Mach, an CPSC internet surveillance investigator said, "Recalled products being on the market is a big problem."

This undercover federal investigator who asked us not to show here face scans the internet on a daily basis, looking for recalled items.

"If it is one product, it's one too many," said the investigator.

Selling a recalled product is against federal law. Last year alone, the consumer product safety commission shut down nearly a thousand online auctions involving recalled items. But even with investigators cracking down on a daily basis, it's not hard to find dangerous items for sale.

The investigator added, "Unsuspecting consumers are purchasing or taking these products and they're recalled."

To help consumers learn about recalls, manufacturers are now required to include registration cards with infant and toddler products like cribs and high chairs.

If there's a recall, consumers will be personally notified.

It's known as Danny's law, named after little Danny Keysar.

"With his absence our family is never going to be complete. I guess that we have this cause instead of our son," said Ginzel.