The danger of customers being struck with burning items of waffle has prompted Well being Canada to challenge a recall for a particular waffle maker.
A recall was posted for the 5-inch PowerXL Stuffed Wafflizer Waffle Maker final week as a result of a burn hazard.
Greater than 350,000 models have been bought within the U.S., whereas 777 models have been bought in Canada.
“Sizzling items of the waffle or stuffing will be expelled from the waffle maker throughout use or upon opening the product, posing a burn hazard to customers,” the recall states.
The issue is brought on by a problem with the latching mechanism when the waffle maker is overfilled, based on the corporate behind the product. If there’s an excessive amount of waffle contained in the waffle maker, the stress buildup contained in the product may end up in scorching bits of waffle spewing out from the waffle maker when it’s unlatched.
Empower Manufacturers, which co-issued the recall together with United States Client Product Security Fee, have acquired 44 incident stories from clients within the U.S., together with 34 burn accidents. Three folks in complete sustained accidents unhealthy sufficient to hunt medical consideration.
Up to now, no accidents have been reported in Canada.
The particular fashions affected are the ESWM02 and ESWM03. The Well being Canada recall solely consists of the 5 inch ESW02. Shoppers can test to see if they’ve an affected mannequin by discovering the mannequin quantity on the ranking label on a tab on the facility wire.
Affected clients ought to cease utilizing their waffle maker instantly, and might contact Empower Manufacturers to obtain a free latch adaptor half and directions for tips on how to restore the waffle maker.
The affected models have been bought in Canada from July 2021 to October 2022, and have been distributed by Tristar Merchandise Inc. and Spectrum Manufacturers Canada, Inc.
The waffle makers are available 11 colors, three of which have been bought in Canada: black, cinnamon and slate.
