September 25, 2003
About 9,000 melting pot gift sets manufactured by Lang Candles Ltd. are being recalled. The melting pots can produce excessive flame and/or ignite presenting a fire and burn hazard.
Lang has received nine reports of the melting pots producing excessive flame and/or igniting. Six of these involved burn injuries to hands and five involved minor property damage.
Each melting pot gift set is packaged in a heart-shaped paperboard gift box with a ceramic melting pot (simmer pot), four individually wrapped scented wax melters of various scents, and six tea light candles that have "Lang" printed on the top. The gift sets diffuse aroma by liquefying the scented wax melter on top of the melting pot through the use of a tea light candle placed in the bottom of the melter.
The gift sets were sold in nine different styles printed on the exterior of the gift box lid and melting pot. The name of the theme and its respective "Part Number" are printed on the label affixed to the underside of the gift box: Warm Your Heart 0614001, Above the Fruited Plains 0614002, Noel Rose 0614003, Holiday Bounty 0614004, All Decked Out 0614005, Stars Stars Stars 0614006, Herb Garden 0614007, Home and Heart 0614008, Frances' Garden 0614009.
Small craft and candle stores sold the Melting Pot Gift Sets from May 2003 through August 2003 for about $20.
Lang is offering a full refund for each returned gift set. For instructions Call Lang at (888) 526-4011 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
