Product Recall Number: 11-154
Why was recalled?
"Pressure from the metal pot holder against the coffee/tea maker can cause the glass to break unexpectedly, posing burn and laceration hazards."
Product Recall Number: 11-154
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-03-02
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: None Listed
Description: "Pressure from the metal pot holder against the coffee/tea maker can cause the glass to break unexpectedly, posing burn and laceration hazards."
Hazard Description: "Pressure from the metal pot holder against the coffee/tea maker can cause the glass to break unexpectedly, posing burn and laceration hazards."
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: "About 94,000 in the U.S. and 34,000 in Canada"
Incidents: "IKEA has received one report in the U.S. of a glass coffee/tea maker breaking. No injury was reported. IKEA has received 19 additional reports, outside of the U.S., of the glass coffee/tea makers breaking, resulting in 12 reports of burn injuries from spilt coffee/tea and one report of a laceration injury."
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the FÖRSTÅ coffee/tea makers and bring it back to any IKEA store for a full refund.
Sold At: IKEA stores nationwide from January 2010 through December 2010 for between $6 and $10.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: "IKEA Home Furnishings, of Conshohocken, Pa."
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed