Product Recall Number: 11-102
Why was Propane (LP) Gas sold in portable cylinders and delivered to storage tanks recalled?
Some of this propane does not have sufficient levels of the odorant that is added to propane to help alert consumers to a gas leak. Failure to detect leaking gas can present fire, explosion and thermal burn hazards to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 11-102
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-01-19
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Propane (LP) Gas sold in portable cylinders and delivered to storage tanks
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: Some of this propane does not have sufficient levels of the odorant that is added to propane to help alert consumers to a gas leak. Failure to detect leaking gas can present fire, explosion and thermal burn hazards to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 700 rail cars
Incidents: None reported.
Remedy: Consumers in the affected states whose most recent propane gas purchase or delivery was between February 25, 2010 and September 30, 2010 should immediately contact Aux Sable to arrange for a free inspection. If there is insufficient odorant, additional odorized propane or a replacement portable propane cylinder will be provided free of charge.
Sold At: Propane retailers in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia from February 25, 2010 through September 30, 2010.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Aux Sable Liquid Products, of Morris, Ill.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed