Product Recall Number: 15-180
Why was Sparklers recalled?
The sparklers burn faster and with a larger flame than normal and can burn down the stick towards users' hands, posing a burn hazard.
Product Recall Number: 15-180
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2015-07-09
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Sparklers
Description: This recall involves Yo Yo Sparklers. The sparklers are 13 1/2 inches long, metallic gray in color on a wire stick. They were sold in multicolored packages containing four individual sparklers. The front of the packages had a logo with the U.S. flag and the words World Class Fireworks at the top, the words YOYO Sparklers and two pictures of sparklers burning at the bottom.
Hazard Description: The sparklers burn faster and with a larger flame than normal and can burn down the stick towards users' hands, posing a burn hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 651,500
Incidents: Jake's has received 12 reports of incidents of the sparklers burning rapidly down the stick towards users' hands resulting in second degree and third degree burns to consumers hands.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled sparklers, take them away from young children and contact Jake's Fireworks to receive a full refund.
Sold At: Small fireworks stands and pop-up stores nationwide from April 2015 to July 2015 for about $3 per package.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Jake’s Fireworks Inc., of Pittsburgh, Kan.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed