EASY-OFF Oven Cleaner Recalled by Reckitt & Colman
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11, 2000
Release # 00-052
Company Phone Number: (888) 993-3389 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Reckitt & Colman Inc. Announce Recall of EASY-OFF Oven Cleaner
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Reckitt & Colman Inc., of Wayne, N.J., is voluntarily
recalling about 50,000 cans of EASY-OFF Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner. The
oven cleaner's contents can spew out because of an improperly attached
valve assembly that can separate from the can. Direct contact with the
contents poses a risk of chemical burns to consumers' skin and eyes.
Reckitt & Colman has received 18 reports of these cans spewing
oven cleaner, resulting in 12 reports of chemical burns to consumers'
skin and eyes.
The 16-oz. aerosol cans of oven cleaner being recalled are yellow
and have a solid yellow plastic cap. "EASY-OFF" is in bold black
letters at the top part of the can, "HEAVY DUTY" is written in white
letters inside a red block, and "Original" is written in white letters
over a blue background. Only the oven cleaner with lot number B9305-NJ2
printed on the bottom of the can is part of the recall.
Supermarkets, mass merchandisers, hardware, drug and other stores
nationwide sold the oven cleaner from November 1999 through January 2000
for about $3 to $4.
Consumers should not remove the cap of this oven cleaner.
Consumers should wrap the recalled can of oven cleaner in several layers
of newspaper, take it outside and dispose of it with the regular
household trash. The company will send consumers a replacement oven
cleaner coupon. For more information, consumers should call Reckitt &
Colman toll-free at (888) 993-3389 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday
through Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday.