A worker picks up shopping carts in the parking lot of a Target store on June 9, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
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A worker picks up shopping carts in the parking lot of a Target store on June 9, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
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Target is recalling about 4.9 million candles sold in-store and online because the jars can split or break and cause burns and lacerations.
The retail giant announced retirement of Threshold Glass Jar Candles store along with federal regulators last week.
Target has received 137 reports of the candle jar cracking and breaking during use. As a result there were at least six injuries, which included “severe lacerations and burns.”
The recall includes varieties of 5.5-ounce single-wick candles, 14-ounce three-wick candles and 20-ounce three-wick candles in scents ranging from warm cider and brown to airy of the ocean and moss and much more.
Customers who have any of the affected candles are being advised to stop using them immediately. A list of affected item numbers is available on Target’s website, and users can find their item number on the bottom of their candle jar.
The candles, which cost between $3 and $20 and were sold from August 2019 to last March, can be returned for a full refund. Customers can return the candles at any Target store or ship them back to the company with a prepaid label.
