Starbucks Recalls Bodum + Starbucks Recycled Coffee Press

Bodum + Starbucks Recycled Coffee Press recalled due to a laceration risk

Starting date:

May 1, 2019

Posting date:

May 1, 2019

Type of communication:

Consumer Product Recall

Subcategory:

Household Items

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Laceration Hazard

Audience:

General Public

Identification number:

RA-69702

Last updated: 2019-05-01

Summary

• Product: Bodum + Starbucks Recycled Coffee Press
• Issue: Coffee press' plunger knob may break and expose the metal rod inside, posing a laceration risk.
• What to do: Immediately stop using this product and contact Starbucks for a store credit.

• Affected products
• What you should do

Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Starbucks Corporation

Affected products

Bodum + Starbucks Recycled Coffee Press

Product description

This recall involves the Bodum + Starbucks Recycled 8 cup coffee press. The press' cylindrical glass beaker, screen and plunger are held in place by a plastic dark gray frame with locking lid and a light gray handle and knob. Bodum and Made in Portugal are embossed on the bottom of the dark gray plastic base.

Hazard identified

The plastic knob at the top of the coffee press may break when the user is pressing down on the coffee press plunger, resulting in exposure of the plunger's metal rod and posing a laceration risk.

As of April 24 2019, the company has received 1 report of a laceration in Canada.  In the United States, the company has received 8  reports of lacerations.

Number sold

Approximately 33,198 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and approximately 231,681 were sold in the United States.

Time period sold

Place of origin
Manufactured in Portugal
Companies

Distributor
    Starbucks Corporation. dba Teavana
    Seattle
    Washington
    UNITED STATES

Manufacturer
    Bodum Portuguesa – Prod. Art. Metalics
    SA
    PORTUGAL


What you should do

Consumers should immediately stop using the coffee press and call Starbucks for store credit by contacting Starbucks at 1-888-843-0245 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm EST daily.  Returns will not be accepted in stores.

The affected products were sold from November  2016 – January 2019.

For more information, consumers may visit the firm's website  and click on "Customer Service" at the bottom of the page and then select "Starbucks" under the Recall Information header.

Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's website.