FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 8, 2001
Release # 01-101
Recall Hotline: (800) 395-1001 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Mark Ross, (301) 504-7076
CPSC, Xanadu Candle Co. Announce Recall of Candles
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Xanadu Candle Co., of Guatemala City, Guatemala, is
voluntarily recalling about 2.8 million candles. These candles can burn
with a high flame, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Xanadu Candle Co. has received seven reports of candles burning with
high flames resulting in minor burns to consumers.
These candles were all sold in glass containers. A label on the bottom
of these candles reads, "Nature's Preserves,TM" "Home Fragrance
Filled" or "Spring Hydrangea." The "Nature's PreservesTM" candles
include a 16-ounce canning jar container filled with imitation fruit, a
10-ounce round container filled with imitation flowers, jars containing
candy corn or jelly beans, containers filled with star or tree shapes,
square-shaped jars containing imitation vegetables, and "Beauty In
BloomTM Botanical" candles. The "Home Fragrance" candles are sold in
iced tea/lemonade glasses, champagne flutes and sherbet glasses. The
"Spring Hydrangea" candles were round containers filled with imitation
flowers. The bottom label on all the candles reads, "Trim wick to 1/4"
before each lighting," "The White Barn Candle Co." and/or "Bath & Body
Works."
Bath & Body Works and The White Barn Candle Co. stores nationwide sold
these candles from June 1999 through January 2001 for between $15 and
$25.
Consumers should stop using these recalled candles immediately and
return them to any Bath & Body Works or The White Barn Candle Co. store
for store credit for the price of the candle and a $5 coupon, or for a
cash refund. For more information, call Bath & Body Works/The White
Barn Candle Co. at (800) 395-1001 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET
Monday through Friday.
This recall does not apply to the 5.6 oz "Nature's PreservesTM" candles,
which resemble small glass canning jars. This recall also does not apply
to Nature's PreservesTM" Beauty in BloomTM" candles (small glass jars with imitation flowers), if there is a code on the bottom label that ends in
either the letter "X" or "N."
