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Consumer Products Recalls

Household items, electronics, toys, and furniture

9,667 Total Recalls

Ice Shavers

Unknown Manufacturer

Class II - Moderate

The stainless steel blade on the shaver can cut consumers and cause injury.

Jul 1, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Hot water dispensers

In-Sink-Erator, of Racine, Wis.

Class I - Dangerous

Water can leak from the metal holding tank, wet insulating material and cause electrical arcing and heat build-up. This poses a fire hazard.

Jun 27, 2002 Clothing & Accessories Nationwide View Details โ†’
Class II - Moderate

Flames from the tea light candles inside these potpourri pots can flare out of the side ventilation holes, possibly causing burns to consumers.

Jun 25, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Butler Slim Torch lighters

Unknown Manufacturer

Class I - Dangerous

The lighters were imported into this country without first being tested to ensure they comply with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's requirements that the lighters be child-resistant. Child-resistant requirements were adopted to reduce the risk of fires and deaths caused by children playing with multi-purpose lighters.

Jun 25, 2002 Clothing & Accessories Nationwide View Details โ†’

Little Wooden Push Cars

Unknown Manufacturer

Class II - Moderate

A child can pull the horn off the car's steering wheel, and a small part inside poses a choking hazard.

Jun 18, 2002 Children's Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Pop 'n Scoot Ride-on toys

The Little Tikes Company, of Hudson, Ohio

Class II - Moderate

Young children who lean forward can fall forward over the handlebars, causing facial injuries.

Jun 12, 2002 Children's Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Novelty cigarette lighters

Unknown Manufacturer

Class I - Dangerous

These lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, posing fire and burn hazards.

Jun 12, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

EVAC-U8 emergency escape smoke hoods

Brookdale International Systems, Inc., of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Class I - Dangerous

The smoke hood is a one-time emergency use personal safety device, that provides quick temporary protection from smoke in the event of a fire. In some instances, consumers purchased the smoke hoods for protection from tear gas or chemical warfare agents, but the smoke hoods should be used only to provide protection from smoke caused by fires.

Jun 11, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Candles

Island Soap & Candle Works, of Honolulu, Hawaii

Class I - Dangerous

Pieces of the candles' wick can fall off while burning and the wick can re-ignite after extinguishing, posing a burn and fire hazard.

Jun 6, 2002 Clothing & Accessories Nationwide View Details โ†’

Portable fluorescent lamps

Unknown Manufacturer

Class II - Moderate

The ballast (the electrical part located in the arm of the lamp) in these lamps can overheat, short-circuit, and melt the insulating cover of the ballast, causing the lamp to fail and posing a skin burn hazard to consumers.

Jun 4, 2002 Furniture Nationwide View Details โ†’

Basic Editions 2-Piece Girls' Short Sets

D.A.M. Clothing Inc., of New York, N.Y.

Class II - Moderate

The buttons on the garment are sewn on too loosely, creating a danger of them falling off or being easily pulled off, which poses a potential choking hazard to young children.

May 31, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Soft Farm Sets

Unknown Manufacturer

Class II - Moderate

The legs of the chicken and duck figures may detach, posing a risk of choking.

May 31, 2002 Other Consumer Products Nationwide View Details โ†’

Toy Boxes

Southern Wood Products, of Sparta, Tenn.

Class II - Moderate

The middle lid support hinge can collapse suddenly and cause an injury to a child's head, neck, fingers, or hands; or can become an entrapment hazard to young children.

May 31, 2002 Children's Products Nationwide View Details โ†’