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Burn / ScaldDecember 7, 1999CPSC #00028

CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of Camp Mess Kits

Product
Kitchen Gadgets
Units affected
146,000
Remedy
refund, replacement, repair

What was recalled

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."

Hazard

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.

Injuries

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.

Made in

China

Where it was sold

  • 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.

Photos

Recalled Texsport five-piece mess kit
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