The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·24237·Announced 2024-05-16

Kano Laboratories Recalls Super Lube Products for Non-Child-Resistant Packaging

Kano Laboratories is recalling Super Lube Syncopen Synthetic Penetrant, Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid, and Metal Protectant and Corrosion Inhibitor products in sizes of five gallons or less because the packaging is not child-resistant as required by law, posing a poisoning risk to young children.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The products pose a risk of harm (poisoning and potential fatal pulmonary damage) to young children from ingestion of hazardous chemical contents, and the source explicitly states no illnesses or injuries have been reported. This meets the criterion for High severity: risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Kano Laboratories LLC of Bohemia, New York is recalling about 3,700 units of three Super Lube products: Syncopen Synthetic Penetrant, Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid, and Metal Protectant and Corrosion Inhibitor in consumer sizes of five gallons or less. These products contain either ethylene glycol or low-viscosity petroleum distillates, which are required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) to be packaged in child-resistant containers. The recalled products do not have child-resistant packaging.

If swallowed by young children, the contents pose a risk of poisoning. Additionally, petroleum distillates can enter the lungs and cause chemical pneumonia and/or pulmonary damage, which can be fatal.

The products were sold at Grainger Parts, E & R Industrial Sales, Home Depot, and other stores nationwide, as well as online at Amazon.com and other websites from January 2018 through January 2024, priced between $5.50 and $445.

Consumers should immediately secure the recalled products out of sight and reach of children. Contact Kano Laboratories at 800-253-5823 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday), via email at [email protected], or online at www.super-lube.com/recall for a full refund. Proof of possession via photo is required.

The recalled product

Product
Super Lube Syncopen Synthetic Penetrant, Super Lube Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid, and Super Lube Metal Protectant and Corrosion Inhibitor (consumer sizes of five gallons or less)
Manufacturer
Kano Laboratories LLC, of Bohemia, New York
Category
Consumer Product — Industrial Lubricants and Maintenance Products
Hazard
  • poisoning
  • chemical-pneumonia
  • pulmonary-damage
  • child-access
Affected units
3,700

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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