Bristol Model and Martha Stewart Collection Enameled Steel Tea Kettles Recalled: Burn Hazard

February 24, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRM NAMED BELOW, TODAY ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONSUMER PRODUCT. CONSUMERS SHOULD STOP USING RECALLED PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.

NAME OF PRODUCT: COPCO AND WILD LEAF TEA CO. BRISTOL MODEL AND MARTHA STEWART COLLECTION® ENAMELED STEEL TEA KETTLES

UNITS: ABOUT 132,000

DISTRIBUTER: COPCO, A DIVISION OF WILTON INDUSTRIES INC., OF WOODRIDGE, ILL.

HAZARD: THE HANDLE ON THE TEA KETTLE CAN COME LOOSE, POSING A BURN HAZARD TO THE CONSUMER.

INCIDENTS/INJURIES: THE FIRM HAS RECEIVED EIGHT REPORTS OF THE HANDLE BECOMING LOOSE OR DEFORMED. ONE MINOR BURN TO HANDS HAS BEEN REPORTED.

DESCRIPTION: THIS RECALL INVOLVES COPCO AND WILD LEAF TEA CO. BRISTOL MODEL AND MARTHA STEWART COLLECTION® ENAMELED STEEL TEA KETTLES WITH ENAMEL FINISHES IN WHITE, CRèME, BLUE, COBALT, SAND, RED AND GREEN.

SOLD BY: MAIL ORDER, ONLINE AND BY RETAILERS NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING MACY’S AND LINENS ‘N THINGS FROM OCTOBER 2005 THROUGH JANUARY 2010 FOR ABOUT $35.

MANUFACTURED IN: THAILAND

REMEDY: CONSUMERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THESE TEA KETTLES AND CONTACT COPCO FOR A REFUND.

CONSUMER CONTACT: FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT COPCO TOLL FREE AT (866) 255-9237 BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 4:30 P.M. CT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 3 P.M. CT FRIDAY, OR VISIT THE FIRM’S WEB SITE AT WWW.COPCO.COM