The Recall Desk
SevereCPSC·22712·Announced 2021-12-16

Northern Lights Alaura Two-Tone Jar Candles Recall Due to Laceration and Fire Hazards

Northern Lights is recalling Alaura Two-Tone Jar Candles sold at Costco because the glass containers can shatter, crack, or break while burning, posing laceration and fire hazards. The company has received 138 reports of breakage, including three reports of laceration injuries.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source text reports three actual laceration injuries, which constitutes a significant injury report. This meets the Severe criterion of "significant injury reports" for a consumer product recall, even though no deaths or hospitalizations are documented.

Plain-English summary

Northern Lights Enterprises, Inc. is recalling approximately 139,500 Alaura Two-Tone Jar Candles. These candles come in decorative glass containers with metal lids and are available in two scents: Frosted Forest and Vanilla Biscotti. The recalled candles were sold exclusively at Costco Wholesale Warehouses nationwide and online at www.costco.com from August 2021 through September 2021 for about $17.

The glass containers can shatter, crack, or break apart while the candles are burning. This poses laceration and fire hazards to consumers. Northern Lights has received 138 reports of the jar candles shattering, cracking, or breaking apart, including three reports of laceration injuries.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled candle and return it to any Costco Warehouse for a full refund. Consumers unable to return the candle to Costco can contact Northern Lights by email at [email protected] for instructions on how to cut the candle wicks, provide verification to Northern Lights, and then dispose of the candle to receive a full refund. For more information, consumers can call Northern Lights Enterprises at 800-407-0377 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or visit www.alaurarecall.com or www.northernlightscandles.com and click on "Safety Recall" at the bottom of the page.

The recalled product

Product
Alaura Two-Tone Jar Candles
Manufacturer
Northern Lights Enterprises, Inc. of Wellsville, N.Y.
Category
Consumer Product — Candles
Hazard
  • glass-breakage
  • laceration
  • fire
Affected units
139,500

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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