FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25, 1999
Release # 99-070
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Company Phone Number: (800) 661-2154
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Scott Wolfson, (301) 504-7051
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CPSC, The Body Shop U.S. Announce Recall of Scented Jewel
Candles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Body Shop, of Wake
Forest, N.C., is recalling approximately 25,000 scented
"Jewel" candles. The glass pots of these candles can explode
or break, causing possible cuts to nearby consumers, and
posing a fire hazard. The outer decorative covering of these
pots can melt or catch fire.
The Body Shop U.S. has received five reports of these
candle pots exploding, breaking, melting or burning. No
injuries have been reported.
These Jewel candles are about 3 inches high and come in
two fragrances: mulled berries and brandied apples. The
mulled berries candles have purple resin covering its glass
pot. The brandied apple candles have red resin covering its
glass pot. On both types of candles, tiny glass-headed
decorative beads are imbedded in the resin. A dozen
three-quarter-inch "jewels" of various colors also are set
around the outside of the pot, inbedded in the resin. A
sticker on the bottom of the candle reads, "THE BODY SHOP."
A clear, plastic disk that is around the wick when the
candle is sold reads, "fragranced jewel candle" . . . "POT
MADE IN CHINA FILLED IN UK."
The Body Shop stores nationwide sold these candles from
September 1998 through December 1998 for about $10.
Consumers should immediately stop using these candles
and return them to any Body Shop store for a refund. For
more information, contact the Body Shop at (800) 661-2154
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.
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