Firm no longer in business. Recall remedy no longer available. Discard the product.
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Recalled Blue/Green Dual Glassware Pieces -
Recalled Blue/Green Dual Glassware Pieces
The glassware can crack or break unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
About 219,000 (This recall was first announced in May 2007)
For further information, consumers may call CPSC's toll-free Hotline at 800-638-2772.
Recall Details
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Pier 1 Imports, Fort Worth, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 219,000 Blue/Green Dual Glassware Pieces (about 180,000 orange and red glassware pieces were recalled on May 8, 2007). The glassware can crack or break unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Name of Product: Blue/Green Dual Glassware Pieces
Units: About 219,000 (This recall was first announced in May 2007)
Importer/Distributor: Pier 1 Imports, Fort Worth, Texas
Hazard: The glassware can crack or break unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Pier 1 Imports has received 21 reports in total of glassware that cracked or broke, including one injury involving a minor cut from broken glass associated with a previous recall.
Description: The recalled glassware pieces involve large and small tumblers, goblets and margaritas. The bottom half of the tumblers is aquamarine and the top half is yellow. The bottom of the margaritas and the goblets is clear and the top is aquamarine and yellow.
Sold by: Pier 1 Imports stores nationwide, its website (www.pier1.com) and its June 2007 catalog from January 2007 through April 2007 for about $6.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the glassware pieces immediately.
Consumer Contact: Firm no longer in business. Recall remedy no longer available. Discard the product.
The firm is no longer in business and the recall remedy is no longer available. Discard this product. Do not donate or resell.
Pier 1 Imports has received 21 reports in total of glassware that cracked or broke, including one injury involving a minor cut from broken glass associated with a previous recall.
Pier 1 Imports, Fort Worth, Texas
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
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