CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of
CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of Camp Mess Kits
Why was CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of recalled?
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.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should stop using the mess kit immediately and return it to the store where purchased, for a refund or replacement mess kit. Contact: For more information about this recall, call Texsport at (800) 231-1402 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or access www.texsport.com
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Texsport five-piece mess kit
- Company
- Southern Exchange Co. Inc. (Texsport), of Houston, Texas
- Quantity
- 146,000
- Sold at
- 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.
- Recall date
- December 7, 1999
- Incidents / 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.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
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."