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Seasonal Specialties Recalls Pre-lit Christmas Trees Due to Fire, Burn and Shock Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Menards


Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Recall date: December 16, 2013
Recall number: 14-058

  • Twinkling Pine Artificial Christmas Tree -Box
    Twinkling Pine Artificial Christmas Tree -Box

Recall Summary

Name of product:  Pre-lit artificial Christmas trees

Hazard:  The electrical components of the tree’s light strings can overheat and melt, posing fire, burn, and shock hazards to consumers.

Consumer Contact:  Seasonal Specialties at (800) 353-3116 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit www.seasonalspecialties.com and click on Recall Information at the bottom of the page for more information.

Recall Details

Units:  About 1,800

Description:  This recall involves the Twinkling Pine pre-lit artificial Christmas trees sold under the Enchanted Forrest brand. The Christmas trees are green and stand 7 ½ feet tall. They have 400 champagne-colored, slow-twinkling LED lights and a green metal stand. The recalled model number 287-1261 and UPC code 741895425478 are printed on the retail box and on a red tag attached to a tree branch. 

Incidents/Injuries:  Menards has received two reports of the tree’s light strings overheating, melting or smoking. No injuries have been reported. 

Remedy:  Consumers should immediately unplug and stop using the Christmas tree and return it to Menards for a refund.

Sold exclusively at:  Menards stores nationwide and online at www.menards.com from September 2013 through November 2013 for about $300.

Importer:  Seasonal Specialties LLC, of Eden Prairie, Minn. 

Manufactured in:  China

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

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Source: cpsc.gov

 


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