Waffle maker recalled in U.S., Canada, after reports of burn injuries
The threat of shoppers being struck with burning items of waffle has prompted Health Canada to problem a recall for a selected waffle maker.
A recall was posted for the 5-inch PowerXL Stuffed Wafflizer Waffle Maker final week as a result of a burn hazard.
More than 350,000 items had been bought within the U.S., whereas 777 items have been bought in Canada.
“Hot pieces of the waffle or stuffing can be expelled from the waffle maker during use or upon opening the product, posing a burn hazard to consumers,” the recall states.
The drawback is attributable to a problem with the latching mechanism when the waffle maker is overfilled, in keeping with the corporate behind the product. If there may be an excessive amount of waffle contained in the waffle maker, the strain buildup contained in the product may end up in sizzling bits of waffle spewing out from the waffle maker when it’s unlatched.
Empower Brands, which co-issued the recall together with United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, have acquired 44 incident stories from prospects within the U.S., together with 34 burn accidents. Three folks in complete sustained accidents dangerous sufficient to hunt medical consideration.
So far, no accidents have been reported in Canada.
The particular fashions affected are the ESWM02 and ESWM03. The Health Canada recall solely contains the 5 inch ESW02. Consumers can test to see if they’ve an affected mannequin by discovering the mannequin quantity on the score label on a tab on the ability wire.
Affected prospects ought to cease utilizing their waffle maker instantly, and may contact Empower Brands to obtain a free latch adaptor half and directions for the right way to restore the waffle maker.
The affected items had been bought in Canada from July 2021 to October 2022, and had been distributed by Tristar Products Inc. and Spectrum Brands Canada, Inc.
The waffle makers are available 11 colors, three of which had been bought in Canada: black, cinnamon and slate.
