Product Safety Recalls
Regulator knob may break off under pressure and may lead to a component failure and cause injury to consumers.
The insulation on the electrical wiring may come loose, posing a fire and shock hazard.
The fill neck on the top of the fuel tank assembly of the affected mowers can experience stress cracking. This condition can cause fuel to leak from the fill neck during refilling or for the fill neck to shear off from the top of the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.
The control board can fail and overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
The batteries in the solar-powered light fixtures can overheat and cause the light fixture's housing to melt, posing a fire hazard.
Health Canada's sampling and evaluation program has determined that these lighters do not meet the Lighters Regulations in Canada and may pose a fire or burn hazard. Specifically, the child-resistant mechanism may not work properly.
The hair dryer and power cord can overheat and catch on fire, posing fire, burn and electrical shock hazards.
Use of the convection oven fan during pre-heating or broiling can cause accumulated gas to ignite, posing a burn hazard to consumers when oven door is opened.
The on/off switch can be dislodged or pulled out from the vacuum motor cover. Doing so while the vacuum is plugged in could expose the user to energised wiring connectors and pose a potential shock hazard.
Candles which can spontaneously re-ignite are prohibited in Canada by the Candles Regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act as they can re-ignite after disposal, potentially causing fires.
The humidifiers can overheat while in use, posing a risk of fire and electrical shock.
The recalled products do not have the proper consumer chemical hazard packaging and labelling required by the consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.
All products except Osmo Brush Cleaner and Thinner lack the spontaneously combustible symbol and warnings required for flammable consumer chemicals. Products identified as spontaneously combustible may cause rags and cloths used with the product to burn on their own.
Osmo Brush Cleaner and Thinner contains hydocarbons in a level that can pose a danger to human health, especially children, if aspiration occurs. Aspiration occurs when the product is coughed up or vomited after being ingested. This coughing/vomiting causes small particles of the product to travel into the lungs and may result in severe health effects including pulmonary injury, chemical pneumonia or death.
The chargers can overheat and melt, posing a fire and burn hazard.
The product may ignite if the fluorescent lighting tube is not installed correctly, posing fire and burn hazards.
In the event of a fault, the safety cut-offs may not operate and allow the heater to rapidly overheat, posing a fire hazard.
The flashlights are missing an encapsulation on the circuit board component which could allow the flashlight to ignite in an explosive environment, posing a burn hazard and risk of personal injury to the user or bystander.
The recalled products do not have proper hazard labelling as required by the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. Improper labelling could result in unintentional exposure to these products and lead to serious illness, injury or death.
The furnaces can overheat causing the heat exchanger to crack, burn-through and in extreme cases cause furnace wrapper burn-through. This can lead to heating and possible burning of the drywall and other combustibles adjacent to the furnace, which poses a risk of significant property damage, personal injury or death.
The battery box of the affected product may melt when the lights are turned on, posing fire and burn hazards.
Health Canada's sampling and evaluation program has determined that these lighters do not meet the Lighters Regulations in Canada and may pose a fire or burn hazard. Specifically the lighters:
may exceed the allowable flame height during ignition;
may exhibit an abnormal, sudden increase in flame height; and
may continue to burn after the trigger mechanism has been released.
Health Canada’s sampling and evaluation program has determined that these lighters do not meet the Lighters Regulations in Canada and may pose a fire or burn hazard. Specifically the lighters:
may exceed the allowable flame height during ignition;
may exhibit an abnormal, sudden increase in flame height; and
may continue to burn after the trigger mechanism has been released.
The plastic housing on the bottom of the product may become overheated, causing the housing to deform. The deformed plastic may pose a potential risk of burn if the product were to be touched on the bottom at the time of overheating.
The power bank's battery can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
The power bank's battery can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
The recalled USB chargers did not pass a standard electrical test, and may pose a risk of electrical shock and fire.
The grommet holding the fuel line and sealing the opening in the fuel tank may become dislodged and allow fuel to leak from the tank, posing fire and burn hazards to the consumer.
