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Altria Group Distribution Company Recalls Flashlight Due to Burn, Injury Hazards; Distributed Exclusively through Marlboro Promotion (Recall Alert) is CPSC recall #14733, announced on May 1, 2014. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recalled product is a bronze-colored 3-in-1 flashlight that was distributed as a promotional item for Marlboro brand cigarettes. The flashlight is 4.5 inches long and 1 inch in diameter and has five LED lights. It has a compartment for storing matches and an end cap that has compass in the top. The cap with the compass has a striker pad on the inside. It came with 20 wooden matches and a removable foam insert between the matches and the striker pad. The remedy is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product, remove the matches and store them safely and contact agdc for a free replacement item of equal or greater value. agdc is contacting consumers directly.. Affected brand: Altria Group Distribution Company.
The recalled product is a bronze-colored 3-in-1 flashlight that was distributed as a promotional item for Marlboro brand cigarettes. The flashlight is 4.5 inches long and 1 inch in diameter and has five LED lights. It has a compartment for storing matches and an end cap that has compass in the top. The cap with the compass has a striker pad on the inside. It came with 20 wooden matches and a removable foam insert between the matches and the striker pad.
Affected products
3-in-1 flashlight, compass and match holder
Recalled brands
Altria Group Distribution Company
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product, remove the matches and store them safely and contact AGDC for a free replacement item of equal or greater value. AGDC is contacting consumers directly.
Recall date
May 1, 2014
CPSC recall #14733 covers Altria Group Distribution Company Recalls Flashlight Due to Burn, Injury Hazards; Distributed Exclusively through Marlboro Promotion (Recall Alert), announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 1, 2014. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recalled product is a bronze-colored 3-in-1 flashlight that was distributed as a promotional item for Marlboro brand cigarettes. The flashlight is 4.5 inches long and 1 inch in diameter and has five LED lights. It has a compartment for storing matches and an end cap that has compass in the top. The cap with the compass has a striker pad on the inside. It came with 20 wooden matches and a removable foam insert between the matches and the striker pad.
The CPSC remedy for recall #14733 is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product, remove the matches and store them safely and contact agdc for a free replacement item of equal or greater value. agdc is contacting consumers directly.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2014/Altria-Group-Distribution-Company-Recalls-Flashlight. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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