FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Originally issued March 12, 2009
Last Revised August 20, 2009
Release # 09-152 |
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 324-8464
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
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Note: Firm Phone Number Change
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. Announce Recall to Inspect Propane Gas; Can Pose Fire and Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product.
Name of product: Propane (LP) gas
Units: About 919,000 barrels
Manufacturer: Valero Marketing & Supply Co., of San Antonio, Texas
Hazard: An odorant is added to propane to help alert customers to a propane gas leak, but this propane might not have the recommended level of odorant. Failure to detect leaking gas can present a fire, explosion or thermal burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recall includes propane that may have been purchased from the retailers listed below:
| State | Distributors |
| Alabama |
Country Gas
Dowdle Gas |
| Arkansas |
Famers Supply |
| California |
Aeropres Corp.
Amerigas Propane
Enterprise Products
Ferrell North America
Heritage Propane
Kiva Energy
Mutual Liquid Gas and Equipment
Pacific Coast Propane LLC
Sal’s Propane, Inc.
Suburban Propane, LP
Targa Liquids Marketing
Ted Johnson Propane Co.
United Pacific Energy |
| Mississippi |
Columbus Butane
Coombs Gas
Dowdle Gas
Enterprise LP
Graeber Bros.
Johnson Propane Gas
F.O. James
Pontotoc Butane Gas
Rebel Gas
Thomas LP |
| Tennessee |
Baker Gas & Oil
Brownsville Utility
Coombs Gas
Dixie Gas
Dowdle Gas
Tennergy
Wilder LP Gas |
Sold to: Retail propane dealers listed in chart from January 2008 through October 2008.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers with propane purchased or delivered between January 2008 and October 2008 should immediately contact their propane gas suppliers or retail locations where home propane tank or portable cylinders were filled for testing of the propane and to receive additional odorant as needed.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact toll-free at (800) 324-8464 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday, or visit the Propane Recall Website at www.propanerecall.com
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
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