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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.

Sparklers
Here's product recall specific data for Sparklers.

  • 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