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Consumer product recall

Climate Control Foot Rest

Starting date:
December 24, 2012
Posting date:
December 24, 2012
Type of communication:
Consumer Product Recall
Subcategory:
Household Items, Appliances
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Product Safety
Audience:
General Public
Identification number:
RA-16411

Affected products

Climate Control Foot Rest

Product description

This recall involves a limited number of Fellowes® heated foot rests identified by item #80409 that may have been sold without a Safety/Serial label affixed to the bottom as shown in the image entitled "Missing serial label" on this Web page.

Only products without this label are subject to recall.

Hazard identified

The units affected by this recall may have an important safety label missing which contain information to prevent a user from misusing the product.

Neither Fellowes Canada Ltd nor Health Canada has received any reports of incidents or injuries to Canadians related to the use of this footrest.

Number sold

Approximately 822 of the footrests were sold across Canada at Basic Office Products, BPGI, Ingram Micro, Lyreco, Office Max, Synnex Supplies, Staples, Multi-Tact and Papeterie Atlas.

Time period sold

The affected PCs were sold from January 2011 to August 2012.

Place of origin

Manufactured in China.

Companies

Importer
Fellowes Canada Ltd.
Markham
Ontario
CANADA

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What you should do

Consumers should contact Fellowes to arrange for the return and replacement of the product.

For additional information, contact Fellowes at 1-800-665-4339 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CST, or visit the firm's Web site.

Consumers may also view the recall notice on the [NJS_FILE:0dc0b352-a169-4c77-9f52-0d1c27d30a51:503c65f1-e6e6-424b-8135-a41c54f992a1].