Easy-Bake Ovens Recalled
Some 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens are being recalled by Hasbro.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says kids can get their hands or fingers caught in the toys, and perhaps, suffer burns.
The agency says there have been 29 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught in the oven's opening, including five reports of burns.
The CPSC's Julie Vallese discussed the recall with co-anchor Julie Chen on The Early Show Tuesday. To watch the segment, .
The Easy-Bake Oven is a purple and pink plastic oven that resembles a kitchen range, with four burners on top and a front-loading oven. "Easy Bake" is printed on the front of the oven. Model number 65805 and "Hasbro" are stamped into the plastic on the back of the oven.
The CPSS points out that the oven is an electric toy and isn't recommended for kids under eight-years-old.
Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys and other retailers nationwide sold the ovens in question from May 2006 through February 2007, for about $25. Ovens sold before May 2006 aren't included in the recall.
Consumers should contact Easy-Bake between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, seven days a week to receive a free retrofit kit with consumer warning.
For more information, contact Easy-Bake at (800) 601-8418, or visit the company's Web site.
To see the CPSC's news release about the recall, click here.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says kids can get their hands or fingers caught in the toys, and perhaps, suffer burns.
The agency says there have been 29 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught in the oven's opening, including five reports of burns.
The CPSC's Julie Vallese discussed the recall with co-anchor Julie Chen on The Early Show Tuesday. To watch the segment, .
The Easy-Bake Oven is a purple and pink plastic oven that resembles a kitchen range, with four burners on top and a front-loading oven. "Easy Bake" is printed on the front of the oven. Model number 65805 and "Hasbro" are stamped into the plastic on the back of the oven.
The CPSS points out that the oven is an electric toy and isn't recommended for kids under eight-years-old.
Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys and other retailers nationwide sold the ovens in question from May 2006 through February 2007, for about $25. Ovens sold before May 2006 aren't included in the recall.
Consumers should contact Easy-Bake between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, seven days a week to receive a free retrofit kit with consumer warning.
For more information, contact Easy-Bake at (800) 601-8418, or visit the company's Web site.
To see the CPSC's news release about the recall, click here.
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If I was stupid enough as a kid to stick my hand in the oven and get "burned" my parents would have just looked at me and said..."you should have known better than that"!!! "FIRE HOT!"
HELLOOOOOO parents...If I'm not mistaken, in the directions it includes some C-R-A-Z-Y notion about "Parental Supervision Required"...Hmmm...I wonder what THAT could mean????? If the oven had a "defect" that perhaps caused it to short out and burn the house down...sure...recall it...but because somebody's kid was dumb enough to stick their fingers and Mom or Dad wasn't paying attention. That's not a "defect" that's called STUPID...bet they don't do it twice. You stick the injury under some cold water and apply burn aid all the while giving them a leture about not EVER sticking their fingers in ANY oven...HELLOOOOO.
In the meantime let's recall the "Light Bulb". I hear that gets hot too.
I'm all for "protecting children" but I think the first line of defense is a parent that's actually WATCHING the child.
This country is really going backwards... FAST!