EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Kitchen/cooking accessories
Vacuum flask — risk: burns
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01443/26
Summary
Due to a structural failure of the lid fastening, the lid can suddenly detach from the flask while pouring. This can cause hot liquid to suddenly and uncontrollably pour out over the user's body, causing burns. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.
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Product
Vacuum flask
- Batch number(s)
- 8922776
- Category
- Kitchen/cooking accessories
- Vacuum flask (with various designs, e.g. plant motif and the words ‘La vie en rose Paris’ on the body), black upper part (lid and handle), approximately 1 000 ml, built-in metal filter. Product sold online, in particular via TEMU (unique identifier: 601100047842666).
What is the risk?
- Due to a structural failure of the lid fastening, the lid can suddenly detach from the flask while pouring. This can cause hot liquid to suddenly and uncontrollably pour out over the user's body, causing burns. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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