Safety regulator, Pottery Barn Announce Recall to Issue Important Safety Warning for Halloween House Tealight Holders
Recall 04004 · Oct 2, 2003 · Pottery Barn
5,400
units affected
5,400
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 04004
- Date
- Oct 2, 2003
- Company
- Pottery Barn
- Units affected
- 5,400
- Product
- Halloween House Tea Light Holder
- Product type
- Candles & Candle Holders
- Hazard
- Fire
The product
The Halloween House is all black in color with wire-web windows, mesh rooftops and a brick-front exterior. The house is made of metal and measures 14.5 inches in height. The base of the house is a thin flat piece of metal surrounded by a black wire metal fence. The house holds four tealights on the bottom floor and one inside the turret. "Made In China" is written on a sticker on the bottom of the house.
What can happen
Using a plastic tealight in the turret may cause the tealight to flare up, presenting a fire hazard. Only metal tealight holders should be used.
The fix
Consumers should go to their Pottery Barn store with the purchase receipt, if available, to receive a complimentary set of metal tealights and a warning sticker to place on the item for future users, that states: "Warning - Do not use plastic tealights. Use only with metal tealights."
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported.
- Sold at
- Pottery Barn retail stores nationwide, from July 2003 through September 2003, for about $40
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled halloween house tea light holder?
Consumers should go to their Pottery Barn store with the purchase receipt, if available, to receive a complimentary set of metal tealights and a warning sticker to place on the item for future users, that states: "Warning - Do not use plastic tealights. Use only with metal tealights."
What is the hazard?
Using a plastic tealight in the turret may cause the tealight to flare up, presenting a fire hazard. Only metal tealight holders should be used.
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