Panline USA Inc., doing business as ALEX · Recalled
Children's Cooking Sets with Glass Lids Recalled for Laceration Hazard
The glass pot lids can break, posing a laceration hazard to children.
- Units
- About 4,200
- Reports
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $20
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
This recall involves children's Super Cooking Sets, a 12-piece stainless steel set with miniature pots that have clear glass lids. Each set comes with a pasta pot with glass lid, stockpot with glass lid, frying pan, two potholders and utensils. The cooking sets were sold in a white box with a clear plastic window. "ALEX" and "Super Cooking Set" are printed on the box. A red sticker labeled "unbreakable glass" is affixed to the pot lids. Cooking sets manufactured after April 1, 2006 have stainless steel lids and are not included in this recall.
The file
- Sold at
- Discount department and specialty toy stores nationwide from September 2005 through April 2006 for about $20.
- Product type
- Toy Miscellaneous
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Panline USA Inc., doing business as ALEX, of Northvale, N.J.
Incident log
ALEX has received a report of a 2½-year-old girl who cut her foot from the broken glass from one of the lids. The cut required stitches.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should take the glass lids away from children immediately and contact ALEX to receive a free replacement lid set.
For more information, call ALEX at (800) 666-2539 from 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or email the firm at recall@alextoys.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated AUG 10 2006; last revised JUL 09 2024.