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NOTABLE RECALLS |
| Childrens
100% Cotton robes
Charter Club, Agean, Club Room, Baby Monarch,
b-kids, Jr. by Monarch
These robes when used as sleepwear, do not
meet federal flammability standards.
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Extinguishers
Bombay
Productions Inc.,
California US
Firestopper, The
portable liquid fire
extinguisher
Because of the
high pressure
contents, these fire
extinguishers can
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| Smoke
Alarms
Universal
Security
Instruments, Inc
Model #'s Safe T
Alert SA-7895 BCSR,
Universal SS-785
BCSR, Universal
SS-795 BESS, USI
Electric USI-1203
BESS
Smoke alarms can
fail to alarm when
smoke or fire is
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The US Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), aware that one of the greatest
hazards posed by defective products is in the
resale market, (when items are sold in resale shops,
on-line auctions and garage sales) has launched
several new public awareness programs. The CPSC
has partnered with major on-line auction houses eBay
and Amazon.com a program called "Recall Double
Check" where sellers and buyers are encouraged to
check for recall on items they are buying and
selling. Auction sites are providing links to
the informational site of the CPSC. Also on the
on-line front, the CPSC has begun monitoring internet
sites looking for sales of recalled, illegal or
dangerous products. They've called this new
program Operation SOS (Safe On-line Shopping) which
started as a pilot program in December, 1999.
The CPSC has also partnered with the
US Postal Service to post recall notices in its 33,000
post offices nationwide. They hope that will
function as sort of a "Dangerous Products Most
Wanted List." This program shifts the focus
from the stores to the real danger, getting dangerous
products out of homes. The CPSC and USPS are
hoping by giving 7 million postal customers each day
exposure to recall notices, they can help to prevent
unnecessary accidents and injuries.
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Last
updated: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:27 AM
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GET
ON THE LIST!
The CPSC offers free
email notification of press releases to interested
parties. These press releases offer recall
information, calendars of their upcoming meetings, and
news articles designed to educate the public on faulty
products. To sign up for email notification on
recalls and news visit the CPSC website at www.cpsc.gov.
This site may also be used to notify the CPSC of faulty
products, report an incident involving a faulty product,
or to view pictures of products that have been
recalled. Notifications may also be made on the
CPSC's hotline at 800-638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at
800-638-8270.
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| NOTABLE
RECALLS |
| Toasters
Proctor Silex
Model Numbers 24205 and 24208 with the series codes
A0379 through a3279 or a2589-a3289 only
Heating element can remain on after the food pops up,
posing a fire hazard.
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Lamps
Kmart Stores, Little Ones fun accent
lamps; airplane lamp, alphabet lamp, numbers
lamp, baseball lamp, train lamp and sailboat
lamp.
Lamp can short circuit posing a fire
hazard.
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Lighters
Michaels Stores, 9 inch long, white base and green, or
blue plastic handled lighters.
Lighters leak butane when ignited, causing an excessive
burst of flame.
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