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Product Recall Number: 16-046

Why was CocoaVia® brand frothers recalled?

The spring on the end of the frothers can detach from the metal wand, posing ingestion and choking hazards.

CocoaVia® brand frothers
Here's product recall specific data for CocoaVia® brand frothers.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-046

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2015-11-24

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: CocoaVia® brand frothers

  • Description: The spring on the end of the frothers can detach from the metal wand, posing ingestion and choking hazards.

  • Hazard Description: The spring on the end of the frothers can detach from the metal wand, posing ingestion and choking hazards.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Dispose

  • Units: About 5,000

  • Incidents: Mars Symbioscience has received two reports of the spring on the end of the frothers detaching from the metal wand. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled frothers, remove the batteries and contact Mars Symbioscience to return the frothers for a coupon towards the purchase of CocoaVia products. The firm is providing pre-addressed return envelopes for consumers to return the frothers to the firm for disposal.

  • Sold At: Given away free at promotional events at King Soopers supermarket in Colorado in September 2015. 

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: Mars Symbioscience, of Germantown, Md.

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed