The CPSC has announced the following recalls of products made in mainland China.
Tea Light Candles. DD Traders Inc. (doing business as Demdaco) has recalled about 5,480 tea light candle sets because the tea light can burn with an excessive flame height, posing a fire hazard to consumers. The recalled tea lights were sold as part of the Carruth Candleholder Collection sets, which are resin votive candle holders with a glass insert that holds a tea light. The tea lights are white and come in the following eight models: Butterfly, 17708; Smile, 17709; Sun, 17710; Roots of Love, 17711; Sunflower, 17712; Hummingbird, 17713; Bunny, 17714; and Friendship, 17715. These products were sold at home decorating and gift stores nationwide from January 2010 to November 2011.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12084.html
Floor Lamps. Big Lots has issued a recall for about 43,700 Classic Quarters five-light floor lamps because the wiring for the lamp’s light sockets can become exposed, posing a risk of electric shock to consumers. Use of the recommended standard 40-watt light bulbs can also generate excessive heat, which can melt the double plastic shades over the bulbs. The lamps stand about five feet tall and have a gunmetal or chrome coloured metal pole and five adjustable lights mounted on flexible metal tubes at the top. Dark plastic or multi-coloured double plastic shades cover each of the five lights. Recalled lamps use standard incandescent or CFL bulbs and have labels marked with the model number “G-1843-5” affixed to the underside of the lamp base. These lamps can be further identified by SKU numbers 612007239, 612007829 or 612008982 at the beginning of the instructions. Lamps that use candelabra bulbs are not subject to this recall and can be identified by labels marked with the model number “G-1844-5B” and SKU numbers 612009036 or 612009037 in the instructions. The recalled lamps were sold exclusively at Big Lots stores nationwide from April 2010 through November 2011.
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Electric Heaters. Kaz USA Inc. is recalling approximately 19,000 portable electric heaters because the heater’s internal housing can detach and pose a burn hazard to consumers. This recall includes Honeywell Surround Select Series portable electric heaters with model numbers HZ-420, HZ-430 and HZ-440 and five-digit date codes that have 11 as the last two digits. The heaters are black or white cylinders with a handle on top. Recalled heaters were distributed by Kaz USA under licence from Honeywell and were sold at Best Buy, Meijer and Wal-Mart stores nationwide from July through December 2011.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12087.html
Lunch Boxes. California Innovations Inc. has announced a recall of about 248,000 expandable insulated lunch boxes with a freeze gel pack because gel that contains diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol can leak out of damaged freezer gel packs, posing a poisoning hazard if ingested by children or adults. The recalled product is a Ci Sport three-piece, expandable, insulated lunch box set, which includes the lunch box, aluminium bottle and the freezer gel pack. The lunch box of the recalled set has the code "1-61731-99-57" printed on one of the two white labels that are sewn under the white fastener inside the main compartment. It is eight inches wide, five inches deep and 10.25 inches high. It is made of vinyl, polyester nylon and crushed nylon and has a logo with the words "Ci Sport" attached to the upper left corner. The lunch box has a carrying handle on the top and a mesh carrying pouch for the aluminium bottle on the side. The aluminium bottle measures 2.75 inches in diameter and 7.5 inches tall. The gel pack is a 6-inch by 4-inch transparent plastic pouch filled with blue liquid gel. The lunch boxes were available in navy blue, red, black and denim blue and were sold at Costco Wholesale Clubs, Leon Korol and Cost U Less stores between May 2007 and September 2008.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12089.html
Food Carriers. California Innovations Inc. has recalled approximately 55,000 food carriers in the United States and 10 food carriers in Canada because gel that contains diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol can leak out of damaged freezer gel packs, posing a poisoning hazard if ingested by children or adults. The recalled product is a four-piece food carrier set, which includes a light blue thermal carrier with black carrying handles, a medium plastic food container, a large plastic food container and a freezer gel pack. The recalled thermal carrier has the code "1-38018-69-07" printed on a white label on the inside of the main compartment on the left hand side. It is 18 inches wide, 10.5 inches deep and 4.7 inches high and is made of vinyl and polyester. The medium food container measures 9.75 inches by 6.25 inches by 3.5 inches and the large food container measures 11.75 inches by 8.75 inches by 3.5 inches. The gel pack is an 8.5-inch by 8-inch, opaque blue plastic pouch filled with liquid gel. These products were sold at Wal-Mart between August 2008 to December 2011.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12090.html
Flashlights. BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 41,000 Superex SAFETO GO LED flashlight and battery sets because the flashlights can heat up, smoke or melt when turned on, posing fire and burn hazards. The recalled flashlight sets include one 9.5-inch flashlight with 10 LEDs, two 7.5-inch flashlights with seven LEDs and two 6-inch flashlights with five LEDs. The sets also include seven “D” size batteries and four “AA” size batteries. The flashlights in the sets are made of either red or black plastic with black or grey rubber around the handles and light bases. UPC 0-56986-01008-3 is printed on the back of the packaging along with SKU number 700935. These flashlight sets were sold at BJ’s Wholesale Clubs from July through December 2011.
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