CPSC, Southern Exchange Co. Inc. Announce Recall of Camp Mess Kits

Recalled December 7, 1999 · CPSC recall 00028 · Southern Exchange

Hazard

The mess kit's sauce pan handle does not lock into place and the mess kit's fry pan handle can bend during use, spilling hot foods or liquids onto consumers and causing serious burns.

Remedy

Consumers should stop using the mess kit immediately and return it to the store where purchased, for a refund or replacement mess kit.

Units

146,000

Incidents / injuries

CPSC and Texsport have received one report of a 10-year-old boy who received second-degree burns to his ankle when boiling water spilled from the sauce pan he was using.

Description

The five-piece mess kit being recalled was sold under the Texsport label. The kit includes a 5-inch aluminum sauce pan and cover, a 6.5-inch aluminum plate, a 7-inch aluminum fry pan, and a 4 oz. blue plastic cup. "Made in China" is on the bottom of the cup and on the fry pan handle. The mess kit was packaged in a green box, labeled in part, "mess kit.. item 13150... one person... 5-Piece... Texsport."

What to do

Consumers should stop using the mess kit immediately and return it to the store where purchased, for a refund or replacement mess kit.

Contact

For more information about this recall, call Texsport at (800) 231-1402 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or access www.texsport.com

Product

Texsport five-piece mess kit

Distributed by

Southern Exchange Co. Inc. (Texsport), of Houston, Texas

Retailers

Camping, mass merchandise and army surplus stores nationwide and in Puerto Rico sold the mess kit, from May 1994 through September 1999, for about $3.

Made in

China

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →