Date uploaded: 2022-11-04 20:35:38
Food rotting quickly. Vital medications ruined. Families diagnosed with food poisoning.
These are just a few of the hundreds of refrigerator complaints that consumers have filed in recent years with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which only publishes reports involving the risk of illness, injury or death.
USA TODAY reporters analyzed thousands of complaints submitted during the last decade and found that since 2020, the number focusing on refrigerators has spiked to record levels. And, more than 75% of the recent fridge complaints mention one brand: Samsung.
Some customers who have spent thousands of dollars on their Samsung refrigerators say the appliance doesn't keep their food at a safe temperature.
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