US/Bethesda & Canada/Ottawa: Berkshire Innovations Inc., a Williamstown, Massachusetts establishment, recalls an estimated total 1,019 Sahara branded Folding Food Dehydrators (approximately 990 in the US and approximately 29 in Canada) from the American and Canadian marketplaces due to reported Heater Fan failure and consequential risks of fire, burns, smoke inhalation, respiratory failure and/or cardiac system collapse, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
CPSC: https://rb.gy/dazhp; HCSC: https://rb.gy/7xdsn
Direct US link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Berkshire-Innovations-Recalls-Sahara-Folding-Food-Dehydrators-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Recall-Alert
Direct Canada link: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/sahara-folding-food-dehydrators-recalled-due-fire-hazard
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports this recall involves the Brod & Taylor Sahara Folding Food Dehydrators, as follows:
Filed under: Burn or scald hazard, Fire or smoke hazard, Health Canada/Santé Canada, smoke inhalation hazard, US CPSC | Tagged: appliance, appliances, Berkshire Innovations Inc., Brod & Taylor, burn hazard, cardiac arrest hazard, CPSC recall number: 23-753, dehydrator, fire hazard, HCSC ID number: RA-73583, Health Canada, health-canada-sante-canada, Heater Fan failure hazard, kitchen, Recalls Direct RIN: 17176-2023, respiratory arrest hazard, Respiratory Failure hazards, smoke inhalation hazard, US Consumer Product Safety Commission | Leave a comment »