Southern Exchange Co. Inc. · Recalled
CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of Camp Mess Kits
The mess kit's sauce pan handle does not lock into place and the mess kit's fry pan handle can bend during use, spilling hot foods or liquids onto consumers and causing serious burns.
- Units
- 146,000
- Reports
- 1
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $3
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The five-piece mess kit being recalled was sold under the Texsport label. The kit includes a 5-inch aluminum sauce pan and cover, a 6.5-inch aluminum plate, a 7-inch aluminum fry pan, and a 4 oz. blue plastic cup. "Made in China" is on the bottom of the cup and on the fry pan handle. The mess kit was packaged in a green box, labeled in part, "mess kit.. item 13150... one person... 5-Piece... Texsport."
The file
- Sold at
- Camping, mass merchandise and army surplus stores nationwide and in Puerto Rico sold the mess kit, from May 1994 through September 1999, for about $3.
- Product type
- Cookers & Cookware
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Southern Exchange Co. Inc. (Texsport), of Houston, Texas
Incident log
CPSC and Texsport have received one report of a 10-year-old boy who received second-degree burns to his ankle when boiling water spilled from the sauce pan he was using.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the mess kit immediately and return it to the store where purchased, for a refund or replacement mess kit.
For more information about this recall, call Texsport at (800) 231-1402 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or access www.texsport.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.