FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 1998
Release # 98-130
Company Phone Number: (800) RITE-AID CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Rite Aid Corp. Announce Recall of Butane Gas Lighters
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Rite Aid Corp., of Camp Hill, Pa., is recalling about 225,000
multi-purpose, refillable, butane gas lighters. These lighters have on/off switches that
could be defective, allowing them to be ignited in the off position, and can stay lit
after the ignition switch is released, possibly causing burns and unintentional fires.
CPSC and Rite Aid are not aware of any injuries involving these butane lighters.
This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.
The recalled butane lighter, item number 4731589-V111, is approximately 11
inches long, has a black plastic base with red plastic trim and a metal igniter shaft.
Writing on the lighter's side reads, "MADE IN CHINA." A red sticker on the lighter
reads, "SUPER." The item number is written on the bottom of the packaging's
cardboard backing.
Rite Aid stores nationwide sold the lighters from March 1998 to May 1998 for
about $2.
Consumers with a recalled lighter should stop using it immediately and return it to
any Rite Aid store for a full refund. For more information about this recall, consumers
can call (800) RITE-AID between 8 a.m. and midnight EDT Monday through Friday
and between 8 a.m and 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday.