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Bodum recalls 5.9 million glass-carafe French presses and warns against stirring coffee with metal utensils
An October 29 recall covers Bodum's listed 8-cup and 12-cup French presses with replaceable glass carafes. Bodum reports 70 instances of carafes breaking during use, including 48 reports of burns. Consumers should immediately stop stirring coffee in the carafes with metal utensils and contact Bodum for a plastic stirring spoon and warning label.
Also filed underconsumer-safetyrecallsburn-hazardscoffee-makers
Mitrytech recalls about 11,000 HAIARA power banks after reports of fires, burns and property damage
CPSC's October 29 notice covers HAIARA W5 PRO power banks sold on Amazon by Mitrytech that lack a date code on the side. The seller has been made aware of 600 fire and other thermal-incident reports, including three reports of burns. Consumers should stop using the recalled units and contact Mitrytech for full-refund instructions, including the required photograph and disposal confirmation.
Also filed underconsumer-safetyrecallspower-banksbattery-fires
Harkla recalls children's sensory swings with four-hole ceiling hooks after reports of hook separation and injuries
An October 29 recall covers about 25,541 Harkla sensory swings in the United States, plus about 5,534 sold in Canada. Only swings with a four-hole hook are included. Harkla reports 29 instances of the hook separating, including 14 injuries; consumers should stop using the recalled swings until repaired and register for a free kit with a replacement mounting plate and safety strap.
Also filed underconsumer-safetyrecallssensory-swingschildrenfall-hazards
CPSC interprets 'flammable liquid fuels' not to include fuel additives, so containers meant only for them fall outside the gas-can flame-mitigation requirement
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an interpretive rule reading 'flammable liquid fuels' in the 2020 portable fuel container law not to include fuel additives intended to be added to those fuels for the sole purpose of improving engine performance, cleaning engine components, extending engine life, stabilizing fuel, preventing weather effects from fuel, or some similar purpose unrelated to creating heat or power. It was published October 19 and took effect that day. Staff estimate it avoids approximately $545.7 million in annual compliance costs.
Also filed underconsumer-safetyfuel-containersfuel-additivesfederal-register
3M recalls about 53,634 Scotch TL1302Z laminators after reports of overheating and fire
An October 15 CPSC recall covers Scotch thermal laminator model TL1302Z sold on Amazon from June 2024 through September 2026. CPSC says consumers should stop using and unplug the machines immediately and contact 3M for a full refund. The company reported 63 smoking, melting or overheating incidents, including five fires; no injuries were reported.
Also filed underrecallsproduct-safetyfire-hazardconsumer-protection
CPSC sets an Oct. 21 virtual hearing for oral comment on its proposed e-bike and e-scooter battery safety standard
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has scheduled a virtual hearing for October 21 so the public can give oral testimony on its proposed mandatory safety standard for lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes, e-scooters and similar products, a notice on public inspection October 2 and set to publish October 5. The underlying rule, proposed in June, cites 227 incidents tied to these batteries from 2019-2023, including 39 deaths and 181 injuries, by the Commission's own count. Requests to speak are due October 15; written comments already closed in August.
Also filed undere-bikeslithium-ion-batteriesproduct-safetyfire-safety
Every recall can fail four ways, and last week's notices show all four
A recall sounds like a single event: a defect is found, a notice goes out, the thing gets fixed. Last week's federal notices show how many places that chain can break. A 2001 fire-sprinkler recall was closed in 2007, yet a Massachusetts assisted-living facility where ten residents died in a 2025 fire had not replaced dozens of recalled heads that a prior inspection had found. Mercedes mailed two owner letters with the same date, one saying the fix is ready and one saying it is not. Ford's F-150 fuel-tank recall names no warning a driver would notice. And a pressure washer sold on six major marketplaces has no recall at all, because the company CPSC names has not agreed to an acceptable one. The portable lesson: know which of the four failures you are exposed to, and what to do about each.
Also filed underrecallsconsumer-safetynhtsafire-safety
CPSC and Tyco re-alert a 2001 recall of 35 million Central fire sprinkler heads whose rubber seals can keep them from opening in a fire, citing a 2025 Fall River fire that killed ten residents at a facility that had not replaced dozens of recalled heads an inspection had found, but the free replacement program closed in 2007 and the notice does not say who pays now.
On September 24 the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Tyco Fire Products urged building owners, property managers and others to look again for Central Sprinkler fire sprinkler heads recalled in July 2001, because minerals, salts and other contaminants in water can degrade their rubber O-ring seals so that a head can fail to activate in a fire. The recall covered 35 million Central heads plus about 167,000 sold under the Gem and Star names, and closed on August 31, 2007. CPSC cites a July 13, 2025 fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, that killed ten residents; the facility had not replaced dozens of recalled heads identified during a prior fire-safety inspection. The release does not say whether any head failed in that fire. The free parts-and-labor program ended in 2007, and neither CPSC nor Tyco's September 24 FAQ says whether Tyco will supply or pay for replacements now; the FAQ says that under the NFPA 25 standard the property owner bears responsibility for any necessary replacement. The notice sets no deadline. Questions go to Tyco at Central-Sprinkler-O-Ring-Notice@jci.com or CPSC's hotline, 800-638-2772.
Also filed underrecallsfire-safetyfire-sprinklersassisted-livingbuilding-safetyconsumer-safety
The CPSC's eleven recalls of September 24 include about 51,000 recliner battery packs and about 21,380 power banks with a reported $2 million fire, ten of the eleven sold on Amazon; the same day the Commission proposed treating hazardous cords on custom blinds and shades, and cord loop lifts on roll-up shades, as a substantial product hazard, with comments due November 23.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted eleven recalls dated September 24, 2026, covering about 197,000 products sold in the United States by the notices' own estimates. Ten of the eleven list Amazon.com as a place of sale, six as the only one. The largest are about 51,000 Blue Cactus Company battery packs for reclining chairs, which can overheat; about 48,405 Kesyup mattresses that violate the federal flammability standard; about 43,674 light-up children's toys with button batteries children can reach; and about 25,073 Aitjunz dressers that violate the federal standard for clothing storage units. NEWDERY power banks, about 21,380, carry the heaviest record: nine reports of the power banks exploding and igniting, including a fire with $2 million in property damage and one burn injury. No deaths are reported. The same day the Commission proposed deeming hazardous cords on custom blinds and shades, and cord loop lifts on roll-up shades, a substantial product hazard, citing 73 cord incidents involving children 8 and younger from 2018 through 2025. Written comments are due November 23, 2026.
Also filed underrecallsproduct-safetywindow-coveringslithium-ion-batteriesamazonfederal-registerchildren
Two light-up toy lines with button batteries a child can get at, 425,000 of them, lead the CPSC's September 10 recalls. Also recalled: a dresser that fails the tip-over law, gas ranges that can leak, and SHEIN children's loungewear that fails the sleepwear fire standard.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted twelve recalls on September 10. The largest by units after a candy recall covered earlier are two sets of children's light-up toys whose button batteries children can reach: Cade California finger lights, about 179,700 sold on Amazon over eleven years, and ZMC Group light-up toys, an expanded recall now totalling about 245,100. Swallowed button batteries can cause internal chemical burns and death. The same day brought FJTJBSI six-drawer dressers that fail the STURDY Act tip-over standard, AGA and La Cornue dual-fuel ranges whose missing test-port cap can leak gas, SHEIN children's loungewear that fails the sleepwear flammability standard, a busy board with lead in its zipper, and hair-dryer brushes with no protection against electrocution in water. One injury and no deaths are reported across the twelve. Every item has a refund, repair or replacement.
Also filed underrecallsproduct-safetychildrenbutton-batteriesamazonshein
Fourteen recalls in one day: five children's toys, seven products sold only online, and one brand of heated blankets with 577 reports of smoking, melting or burning and 53 burn injuries.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted 14 recalls on September 17, covering about 660,000 units sold in the United States. Five are children's products with choking or ingestion hazards, including a magnetic toy set that put two children in hospital and a toddler busy board sold on Amazon, about 276,000 of them. Seven were sold only online, five of those only on Amazon. The heaviest injury record is JKMAX heated blankets and heating pads, about 195,000 of them, with 577 reports of overheating and 53 burn injuries. Sauna360 is recalling some of its hybrid saunas a second time because the first repair did not work. No deaths are reported in any of the 14. Each has a remedy, most of them a refund, and this record lists what to do for each.
Also filed underrecallsproduct-safetychildrenamazonconsumer-protection
Four things to check at home this week: two sunscreen ingredients FDA just ruled out, a 2.3-million-bottle candy recall, fire-spray canisters that can rupture, and a cheese with undeclared egg.
On September 11 the FDA published a final order removing PABA and trolamine salicylate as sunscreen active ingredients, finding that a sunscreen containing either is not generally recognized as safe and effective. The day before, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced two recalls a household can check in seconds: about 2.3 million Ricky Joy Sour Crush rolling liquid candy bottles, whose rolling ball can detach and choke a child, and about 31,000 Hero Fire Spray canisters, which can deteriorate and rupture — the firm has nine reports of canisters exploding or deteriorating in storage. And Whole Foods Market is recalling Cabricharme cheese sold at 18 stores because it contains an egg protein not declared on the label. What each notice asks you to look for, and what none of them says.
Also filed underfdarecallsconsumer-safetysunscreenfood-safetyallergens
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