CPSC July 17, 2003

Slow Cookers Recalled for Burn Hazard

Hazard

The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot food spilling onto consumers.

Remedy

Consumers will be shipped a replacement slow cooker base.

Consumer Contact

Hamilton Beach toll-free at 800-851-8900 anytime or visit the firm's website at www.hamiltonbeach.com or www.proctor-silex.com.

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Slow Cookers

The company has received approximately 4,700 reports of handles breaking, including two reports of consumers who required medical attention for burns.

Discount department stores nationwide, from January 1999 through December 2002, for between $15 and $45.