Tap Machine Inc. · Recalled
Tap Machine Inc. Recalls Sake Warmers Due to Burn Hazard
These sake warmers can unexpectedly spray hot sake on consumers during use, posing a risk of serious burns.
- Units
- About 2,000
- Reports
- 1
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $150
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The recalled product is used to warm sake at restaurants, bars or for home use. The counter-sized unit is about 11 inches wide by 11 inches deep by 19 inches high. The unit warms sake to between 115 and 145 degrees Fahrenheit. It has a front-mounted spigot to control the flow of sake and uses an external 18-liter bag in the box reservoir or an external three-liter refillable plastic reservoir, both of which contain sake and are placed on top of the unit. The recalled units have model number SM05 followed by serial numbers: 1001 through 3074, which is written on the left side of the units.
The file
- Sold at
- Tap Machine's Web site, by telephone order, and at various wine and spirit distributors from November 2005 through January 2007 for about $150.
- Product type
- Sake Warmers
- Made in
- Taiwan
- Recalled by
- Tap Machine Inc., of New Rochelle, N.Y.
Incident log
Tap Machine has received one report of a consumer sustaining first and second degree burns when using the sake warmer.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately stop using these sake warmers and return them to Tap Machine for a full refund.
Call Tap Machine Inc. at (888) 556-0703 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the company's Web site at www.sakewarmer.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 FEB 21 2007; last revised MAY 23 2014.