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recall---Tassimo brewers, packages recalled amid burn concerns

 

 

 

Tassimo brewers, packages recalled amid burn concerns

 

Tassimo brewers, packages recalled amid burn concerns

CTVNews.ca Staff
A massive recall of Tassimo single-cup home-brewed coffee makers has been ordered in Canada and the United States after reports a malfunction can burn users.

 

About 900,000 of the machines are being recalled in Canada and another 835,000 in the U.S.

 

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said there were 140 reports of the brewers injuring people, including 37 cases involving second-degree burns.

 

Health Canada said 61 of those cases occurred in Canada and 79 in the U.S.

One incident resulted in a 10-year-old Minnesota girl being hospitalized with second-degree burns to her neck and face.

A two-year-old Canadian girl also suffered second-degree burns to her face.

The commission said the problem is the coffee maker's "T-disc" (the plastic disc that holds the coffee or tea) can break and spray hot liquid, coffee grounds or tea leaves onto users or bystanders.

Another four million packages of Tassimo espresso T-discs manufactured by Kraft Foods Global Inc., in Illinois, are also being recalled after 21 reports of problems. About half of these discs were sold in Canada.

The brewers have either "Bosch" or "Tassimo" printed on the front, while "Tassimo Professional" is printed on the front of the professional version.

The Bosch brand models being recalled have numbers that begin with TAS100x, TAS200x, TAS451x, TAS46x and TAS651. The Tassimo professional version model number recalled is TAS6512CUL.

The models were sold at department and home improvement stores and online at various websites. They were manufactured in China and Slovenia.

Both Health Canada and the commission recommend people stop using the machines immediately and contact the company for a free replacement.

 


898 topics   3992 posts
Elite Poster
Mines an old model not included in the recall but as I did have some of the defective Espresso discs, they will be sending me a coupon to get a replacement package. Very nice!

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Elite Poster
Sorry to hear this. We are not coffee drinkers but still feel bad for those with the defective machines.

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Elite Poster
I don't have one, but my brother does. I have to let him know about this recall.

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Elite Poster
I almost purchased one for my hub for xmas (he's the coffee drinker), I think I'll go with a different model. Great to see they are sending parts to fix the problem!

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Elite Poster
Almost purchased one of these for Christmas, really glad I didn't!!

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Active Poster

Thanks for t his article. I purchased a maker for my husband for his birthday. His birthday was a couple of weeks ago. He just used the brewer twice. The one I bought is under the recall. I will have to look into it.


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Elite Poster
I just went on the Tassimo facebook page and I am going to receive a replacement part for the machine. I bought my husband a few packages of TDiscs for Valentine's Day. One of the types I bought him are under the recall. I am going to receive a coupon for a free replacement. It was very easy to fill out the forms to receive the replacement part/box of TDiscs.

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Elite Poster
thanks for the heads up, I heard about this on the radio this morning and forgot to look into it. I just checked facebook and mine and mine friend's are part of the recall replacement parts are in the mail guess I will just stand back for the next week even though the page warns not to use the machine for a week. Drives me nuts though that my product is registered and they don't send an e-mail about this wasn't that part of the reason for registering.

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Saveland Addict
It sounds like this recall could have been handled better. I don't own one but have considered it in the past or a similar Keurig machine. Oddly, I don't usually like plug-in coffeemakers/brewers because they don't make the coffee hot enough. I think it is terrible that so many people have been scalded by this defect.

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