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: DISCOVERY KIDS™ ANIMATED MARINE AND SAFARI LAMPS
UNITS: ABOUT 360,000
IMPORTER: INNOVAGE LLC, OF FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIF.
HAZARD: A DEFECT IN THE LAMP’S PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CAN CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, POSING A FIRE AND BURN HAZARD TO CONSUMERS.
INCIDENTS/INJURIES: INNOVAGE HAS RECEIVED NINE REPORTS OF INCIDENTS, INCLUDING SEVEN REPORTS OF LAMPS CATCHING FIRE, ONE INVOLVING SMOKE INHALATION INJURY TO A CHILD AND THREE INVOLVING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
DESCRIPTION: THIS RECALL INVOLVES THE DISCOVERY KIDS™ ANIMATED MARINE LAMP WITH MODEL NUMBER 1627121 OR 1628626 AND THE ANIMATED SAFARI LAMP WITH MODEL NUMBER 1627124 OR 1628626.ALL MODELS HAVE BATCH NUMBERS BEGINNING WITH “2”. THE DECORATIVE LAMPS ARE SILVER IN COLOR AND FEATURE ROTATING FILMS WITH MARINE OR SAFARI SCENES. “DISCOVERY KIDS” IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT TOP LEFT CORNER. THE BATCH NUMBER IS AN 11 DIGIT NUMBER LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH UNIT. THE MODEL NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PACKAGING.
SOLD AT: MASS MERCHANDISERS, DEPARTMENT, DRUG AND HARDWARE STORES NATIONWIDE, ONLINE AND THROUGH DIRECT SALES FROM JULY 2009 THROUGH JANUARY 2010 FOR ABOUT $10.
MANUFACTURED IN: CHINA
REMEDY: CONSUMERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE LAMPS, AND CONTACT INNOVAGE FOR INFORMATION ON RETURNING THE PRODUCT FOR A FULL REFUND.
CONSUMER CONTACT: FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT INNOVAGE TOLL-FREE AT (888) 232-1535 BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 5 P.M. PT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, VISIT THE FIRM’S WEB SITE AT WWW.LAMPRECALL.ORG OR EMAIL INFO@LAMPRECALL.ORG
They need to include the Discovery Kids Jellyfish lamp as well. We bought one for our grandson to Christmas. On 12-25-11 I put the batteries in it AS INSTRUCTED (it is not hard to put batteries in a toy) and within 2 hours the battery compartment was smoking and the batteries were actually boiling and the power switch was “OFF”. If we had left our house with this item there it could have caused a house fire.
I had a similar problem with the jellyfish lamp, but luckily, mine just completely stopped working. I hope it is added to the recall.