The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0856-2013·Announced 2013-01-09

Cocoa~Latte Hot Drink Maker Recalled Due to Lead Leaching Risk

Focus Products Group is recalling Cocoa~Latte Hot Drink Makers because a brass bushing may leach lead into beverages.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

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 recall involves a risk-of-harm product (lead leaching) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Focus Products Group LLC is recalling approximately 568,000 units of the Cocoa~Latte Hot Drink Maker. The recall involves electric hot drink mixers and dispensers sold under the West Bend and Back to Basics brands. The affected units were distributed nationwide.

The recall was issued because the product was manufactured with a small brass metal bushing in the liquid-containing vessel that may leach lead. Lead exposure can pose health risks to consumers using the device.

Consumers should stop using the affected products immediately. The recall covers West Bend model 65032 and Back to Basics models CM300BK, CM300BKL, CM300BLSS, CM300BR, CM300BR-BRL, CM300BRL, and CM300W.

The recalled product

Product
Cocoa~Latte Hot Drink Maker; an electric hot drink mixer and dispenser with a 32 fl.oz. heating and mixing jar, twist and lock lid, "perfect temperature" feature, mixing paddle, and dripless faucet; Focus Electrics, LLC, West Bend, WI 53095
Manufacturer
Focus Products Group Llc
Category
Consumer Product — Kitchen Appliances
Hazard
Affected units
568,000

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (7)

  • West Bend brand - model number 65032
  • Back to Basics brand - model numbers CM300BK
  • CM300BKL
  • CM300BLSS
  • CM300BR
  • CM300BR-BRL
  • CM300BRL and CM300W

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Related recalls

Same hazard · lead exposure

See all →

Similar recalls