Consumer product advisory

Health Canada warns that relight candles available on Walmart.ca Marketplace pose a fire hazard

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Summary

Product
Relight candles
Issue
Consumer products - Fire hazard
What to do

Immediately stop using the affected products and dispose of them according to municipal hazardous waste guidelines.

Affected products

A relight candle is a candle that reignites spontaneously after it is extinguished.

This alert involves the following products sold by third-party sellers on Walmart.ca Marketplace:

Issue

Relight candles are banned in Canada.

These candles can spontaneously relight after being blown out and can re-ignite after disposal, posing a fire hazard.

What you should do

Consumers who have these affected products should immediately stop using them and dispose of the items according to municipal hazardous waste guidelines.

Regularly check the Healthy Canadians Recalls and Safety Alerts database for dangerous products and take action to remove items of concern.

Health Canada would like to remind consumers to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of these products or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.

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Additional information

What is being done

Health Canada has banned relight candles in Canada under the Candles Regulations of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.

The products have been removed from sale online from Walmart.ca Marketplace. Health Canada has contacted the foreign third-party sellers and is advising consumers to immediately stop using the relight candles. Health Canada reminds consumers to learn about the risks of buying consumer products online (see Related Links above).

Walmart.ca Marketplace reported that 6 units of the affected products were sold in Canada.

To date, no incidents or injuries related to these products have been reported to Health Canada.

Health Canada is committed to helping protect consumers from potentially dangerous consumer products. The Department regularly tests consumer products available for sale in stores or online and continues to monitor products to help keep consumers safe.

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Consumer product advisory
Category
Consumer products - Household items
Companies

Distributors

08888*/nipocaio, Yunnan, China

Best Points, Shenzhen, China

Fanhongtan, Sichuan, China

Mall, Wuhan, China

SPFX Store, Wuhan, China

Weijinshan, Sichuan, China

Published by
Health Canada
Audience
General public
Identification number
RA-77090
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