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Consumer product recall

Bialotti 1 Cup Espresso Coffee Maker

Starting date:
January 24, 2013
Posting date:
January 24, 2013
Type of communication:
Consumer Product Recall
Subcategory:
Household Items
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Product Safety, Poisoning Hazard
Audience:
General Public
Identification number:
RA-16893

Affected products

Bialotti 1 Cup Espresso Coffee Maker

Product description

This recall involves the Bialotti 1 Cup Espresso Coffee Maker identified by item number 4002 and UPC 069237007718. The coffee maker is metallic with a plastic black handle. The coffee maker has a brass pressure relief fitting on the bottom portion of the product.

This recall does not include Bialetti brand coffee makers.

Hazard identified

Health Canada’s sampling and testing program revealed that the coffee maker does not meet the lead requirements for kettles under the Hazardous Products (Kettles) Regulations.

Under the Kettles Regulations of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, it is illegal to import, advertise or sell a kettle that releases more than 0.01 mg/kg of lead.

Lead is highly toxic and can enter the body through the digestive system or the lungs. It accumulates in the body and can damage almost all body systems, especially the nervous system. Lead is toxic to children even at low exposure levels and has also been shown to have the potential to cause intellectual and behavioural deficits in children. Potential health effects associated with exposure to high levels of lead include vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, coma or even death.

Neither Health Canada nor Standa Importing and Distributing Co. Ltd. has received any reports of incidents or injuries to Canadians related to the use of this product.

For more information on the risks and symptoms of lead exposure, visit Health Canada's:  It's Your Health: Lead and Human Health.

Number sold

Approximately 5,596 units of the recalled coffee makers were sold at various stores across Canada.

Time period sold

The recalled coffee makers were sold from February 2007 to December 2012.

Place of origin

Manufactured in China.

Companies

Importer
Standa Importing and Distributing Co. Ltd.
Toronto
Ontario
CANADA
Manufacturer
China National Aero-Technology
Hangzhou
CHINA

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What you should do

Consumers should immediately stop using the coffee maker and return it to the store it was purchased from for a refund.

For more information, consumers may contact Standa Importing and Distributing Co. Ltd. toll-free at 1-888-335-0187 ext. 110 (Mark) or by e-mail to orders@standaimporting.com.