Quick answer
CPSC, Kadant Composites Inc. Announce Recall of Certain GeoDeck™ Decking and Railing Materials is CPSC recall #05247, announced on August 19, 2005. The CPSC cites the following hazard: GeoDeck™ is a composite decking product that looks similar to natural wood and is sold in three colors, including: driftwood, cedar and mahogany. The decking materials were manufactured between April 2002 and October 2003. Each decking and railing component has a manufacturing date stamp (day/month/year) on the cut end, which may still be visible on uninstalled materials. The remedy is consumers should check their geodeck™ decking materials for visible cracks on the surface and check to see if the surface can be easily scratched with a fingernail or the corner of a credit card. however, the firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available, so consumers will need to arrange for repairs themselves.. Affected brand: Kadant Composites Inc..
GeoDeck™ is a composite decking product that looks similar to natural wood and is sold in three colors, including: driftwood, cedar and mahogany. The decking materials were manufactured between April 2002 and October 2003. Each decking and railing component has a manufacturing date stamp (day/month/year) on the cut end, which may still be visible on uninstalled materials.
Affected products
GeoDeck™ Decking and Railing Materials
Recalled brands
Kadant Composites Inc.
Remedy
Consumers should check their GeoDeck™ decking materials for visible cracks on the surface and check to see if the surface can be easily scratched with a fingernail or the corner of a credit card. However, the firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available, so consumers will need to arrange for repairs themselves.
Recall date
August 19, 2005
CPSC recall #05247 covers CPSC, Kadant Composites Inc. Announce Recall of Certain GeoDeck™ Decking and Railing Materials, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 19, 2005. The CPSC cites the following hazard: GeoDeck™ is a composite decking product that looks similar to natural wood and is sold in three colors, including: driftwood, cedar and mahogany. The decking materials were manufactured between April 2002 and October 2003. Each decking and railing component has a manufacturing date stamp (day/month/year) on the cut end, which may still be visible on uninstalled materials.
The CPSC remedy for recall #05247 is consumers should check their geodeck™ decking materials for visible cracks on the surface and check to see if the surface can be easily scratched with a fingernail or the corner of a credit card. however, the firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available, so consumers will need to arrange for repairs themselves.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
If you sell CPSC, Kadant Composites Inc. Announce Recall of Certain GeoDeck™ Decking and Railing Materials on Shopify, stop selling the affected units immediately, notify customers who purchased them, and consider whether you have a Section 15(b) reporting obligation to the CPSC. RecallDocket helps Shopify merchants identify affected SKUs and prepare the required safety report.
The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2005/CPSC-Kadant-Composites-Inc-Announce-Recall-of-Certain-GeoDeck-Decking-and-Railing-Materials-. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
Sell on Shopify? Stay ahead of every CPSC recall.
RecallDocket automatically checks your catalog against new CPSC recalls and alerts you the moment one of your products is affected.
Install RecallDocket — free