Recall Notice - CPSC Notice

[Paul W. Abernathy]

This message consists of the following:

1) Tower Fans Recalled by the Holmes Group Due to Fire Hazard
2) Hair Dryers Recalled by Version-X Due to Electrocution Hazard
3) CPSC Public Calendar

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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 24, 2007
Release #07-086

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 524-9204
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Tower Fans Recalled by the Holmes Group Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Holmes(r) Oscillating Tower Fans

Units: About 300,000

Distributor: The Holmes Group, of Milford, Mass.

Hazard: Electrical arcing in the fan's wiring can cause a fire hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: The Holmes Group has received 16 reports of property
damage, including one reported injury involving minor burns and smoke
inhalation.

Description: The recall involves the Holmes HT30 Oscillating Tower Fan.
The model number can be found on the silver label on the back of the
unit. The tower fans are white. "Holmes(r)" is printed on the front of
the base.

Sold at: Target, Bed Bath & Beyond and additional department and
specialty stores nationwide from July 2002 through June 2005 for about
$30.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the fans and contact The
Holmes Group for instructions on receiving a free replacement unit.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, call The Holmes Group at
(800) 524-9204 anytime or visit the firm's Web site at
www.holmesfanrecall.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07086.html


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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 24, 2007
Release #07-087

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 871-6824
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Hair Dryers Recalled by Version-X Due to Electrocution Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Travel'N Baby Mini Hair Dryers

Units: About 18,000

Importer: Detour Corp., doing business as Version-X, of Studio City,
Calif.

Distributor: Metropolis Beauty Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif.

Hazard: These electric hair dryers are not equipped with an immersion
protection plug to prevent electrocution if the hair dryer falls into
water. Electric shock protection devices are required by industry
standards for all electric hand-held hair dryers. If the hair dryer
falls into water during use and is not equipped with this safety device,
it can pose a shock and/or an electrocution hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recalled hair dryers are made of plastic and are red,
blue or green. The hair dryer's handle folds up. The words "Travel'N
Baby" are printed on one side of the hair dryer.

Sold by: Independent beauty supply stores and beauty salons nationwide
and online at www.metropolisbeauty.com from January 2004 through January
2005 for about $20.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using these hair dryers immediately and
contact Version-X for a replacement hair dryer equipped with an
immersion protection plug.

Consumer Contact: For more information, call Version-X at (800) 871-6824
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit the recall
Web site at www.metropolisbeauty.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07087.html


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CPSC Public Calendar

Vol. XXXIII No. 15
January 24, 2007

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20207

Commission Agendas

There are no Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled for
the week of January 29, 2007. For a recorded message concerning the
latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.

Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties

All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise
stated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting,
please call the contact person listed for that meeting.

Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the current
week which have not appeared before in the printed Public Calendar. If
the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter,"
defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted
notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is in
the Office of the Secretary, Room 502, telephone (301) 504-7923. We
indicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol (S);
we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The
Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending a
substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the
Office of the Secretary within 20 days.

Week of January 29 thru February 4

Monday, January 29

Patty Adair, Engineering Sciences, giving a presentation at the ASTM D13
(Textiles) Committee Flammability Seminar; 4:30 p.m., Anaheim Hilton,
Anaheim, CA. For additional information contact Patty Adair, (301)
504-7536; e-mail: padair@cpsc.gov. (S)

Monday, January 29 thru Thursday, February 1

Troy Whitfield, Engineering Sciences, meeting with the ASTM
International F15 Playground subcommittees; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Hilton
Anaheim, Anaheim, CA. For additional information contact Troy Whitfield,
(301) 504-7548. (S)

Wednesday, January 31

*Jay Howell, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, attending a
meeting of the National Paint and Coatings Association to deliver a
presentation on the status of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's
implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and
Labeling of Chemicals; 10:15 a.m., 1500 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC. For additional information contact Jay Howell, (301)
504-7621. Posted on Master Calendar 1/23/07. (S)

Future

Friday, February 9

Hugh McLaurin and Janet Buyer, Engineering Sciences, meeting with Susan
Burkhart, President, DTSC Corp. and Dr. Mark Ettinger, MD to discuss
proprietary information; 9:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 612. (The
meeting is closed to the public because of the proprietary information
that will be discussed.) The meeting was requested by DTSC Corp. For
additional information contact Janet Buyer, (301) 504-7542. (S)

Monday, February 12

Vince Amodeo, Engineering Sciences, attending ASTM F15.22 subcommittee
meeting on toy safety; 1:00-4:00 p.m., Jacob Javits Convention Center,
New York, NY. The meeting was requested by ASTM. For additional
information contact Vince Amodeo, (301) 504-7570. (S)

Wednesday, February 14 thru Friday, February 16

Patricia Bittner, Health Sciences, will be attending the Society of
Toxicology-CCT Perfluorinalkyl Acids and Related Chemistries Workshop at
the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, VA. For additional
information contact Patricia Bittner, (301) 504-7263 or
pbittner@cpsc.gov. (N)

Tuesday, February 20 thru Thursday, February 22

Patricia Bittner, Health Sciences, will be attending the Federal
Interagency Workshop on Endocrine Disruption to be held at the US
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA. For
additional information contact Patricia Bittner, (301) 504-7263 or
pbittner@cpsc.gov. (N)

Addendum

Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the
Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously
printed Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however, staff
persons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day notice
requirement by placing notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar at
least seven days before the meeting. The Master Calendar is in the
Office of the Secretary, Room 502,Bethesda Towers Building.

In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to waive
the seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff personnel,
and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements for themselves
and their personal staff.

No such meetings listed this week.


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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more
than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents
cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed
to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,
electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The
CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys,
cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of
deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30
years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or
visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email
subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers can
obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.



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This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
an independant federal regulatory agency, located at 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772

Thank you.

[Greg Fretwell]

This is another one
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07062.html

Note that these switches still pass current when they are off