Pace Products Recalls Soap Making for Kids Kits Due to Burn Hazard
Pace Products Inc. is recalling Soap Making for Kids kits because the soap can overheat and leak, posing a burn risk to children.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a consumer product with reported burn injuries, including a child, which meets the rubric criteria for 'significant injury reports' under the Severe classification.
Plain-English summary
Pace Products Inc. of Apopka, Florida, is recalling approximately 145,000 units of the "Soap Making for Kids" soap making kits. The kits, which include a plastic mold tray, three bars of glycerine, string, and an instruction book, were sold under the name "Soap Making for Kids." The boxes feature "SCHOLASTIC INC." and "Made in U.S.A." printed on the back.
The recall was issued because the soap may get too hot when heated in a microwave oven and leak from the tray mold, posing a burn hazard to children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received three reports of burn injuries from the heated soap, including one involving a 6-year-old girl who received burns to her hand.
The kits were sold at schools nationwide through Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs from March 2000 through November 2002, and at bookstores from March 1998 through November 2002 for about $8. Consumers should take these soap kits away from children immediately and contact Pace Products at (800) 541-7670 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit www.paceplace.com, to receive instructions for a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Soap Making for Kids soap making kits
- Manufacturer
- Pace Products Inc., of Apopka, Fla.
- Category
- Consumer Product — Arts & Crafts
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 145,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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