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title: "Does General Liability Cover Product Recall?"
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# Does General Liability Cover Product Recall?

Usually not. CGL does not cover the cost of withdrawing, inspecting, repairing, replacing, or disposing of your product.

CGL generally does not pay your costs to withdraw, inspect, repair, replace, or dispose of a product. That recall expense is separate from a product-liability claim for covered injury or damage caused by the product.

Ask for a product-recall quote and check its covered events, expenses, reporting rules, and limits. Review the CGL products-completed-operations limit separately.

## Related Questions

- [Does General Liability Cover Products and Product Liability?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/general-liability/does-general-liability-cover-products-product-liability-and-defective-products)
- [Does General Liability Cover Defective Products?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/general-liability/does-general-liability-cover-defective-products)
- [Does General Liability Cover Property Damage?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/general-liability/does-general-liability-cover-property-damage)
- [Does General Liability Cover Bodily Injury and Customer Injuries?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/general-liability/does-general-liability-cover-bodily-injury-and-customer-injuries)

## Related Coverage

- [General liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/general-liability)
- [Product recall](https://spot.insure/coverage/product-recall)
- [Product liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/product-liability)

## Sources

1. [Commercial general liability insurance](https://www.iii.org/article/commercial-general-liability-insurance). Insurance Information Institute; What commercial general liability insurance covers; Coverage A, B and C; Additional liability coverages to consider. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [Commercial General Liability Coverage Form, CG 00 01 12 07](https://www.hiscox.com/documents/partner-agent/specimen_forms/GL_Form.pdf). ISO; specimen hosted by Hiscox; Coverage A I.A pp.1–5; Coverage B I.B pp.6–7; Who Is An Insured II pp.9–10; Limits III p.10; Conditions IV pp.10–12; Definitions V pp.12–16. Accessed 2026-09-25.

More answers: [General Liability Insurance FAQ](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/general-liability).

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