Safety Recall On Yarn

[Joubert[$]]

Don't find myself in here much, but saw this and thought of all you yarn people. Copied from the CPSC so there is no copyright problem:

CPSC, Bernat Yarn Announce Recall of “Fur Out” Yarn
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.


Name of Product: Bernat “Fur Out” yarn

Units: About 730,000 1.75-ounce balls of yarn

Manufacturer/Importer: Spin Rite LP of Ontario, Canada

Hazard: “Fur Out” yarn is flammable when used as the sole yarn in a garment. Garments constructed of “Fur Out” yarn are dangerously flammable when exposed to a flame, posing a burn risk to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Bernat has received two reports of garments made of the recalled yarn burning, with one person receiving singed eyebrows.

Description: All 17 Bernat “Fur Out” yarn colors are involved in this recall. The recalled yarn can be identified by UPC numbers beginning with “05735527” and ending with one of the following numbers:


1319 1326 1333 1340 1357 1364 1371 1388 1395
1401 1685 2583 2590 2606 2613 2620 2637


Sold by: Yarn and craft stores nationwide and in Canada since April 2004 for between $4 and $6 per ball.

Manufactured in: Turkey.

Remedy: Consumers should stop using Bernat “Fur Out” yarn and items made with Bernat “Fur Out” yarn immediately and contact the manufacturer for instructions on how to return the products and receive a full refund.

Consumer Contact: Contact Bernat Yarn at (800) 641-5634 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at http://www.bernat.com

[theworm[$]]

Thanks, George! Hope Bridgette sees this!
If I just finished making stuff with it, I'd be really annoyed. Luckily, I'm not yet advanced enough for furry yarns.

[thinkerlady[$]]

Thanks George. I have not used it yet, but it was only a matter of time until I tried it!

[lynnzop[$]]

Why does this remind me of the Saturday Night Live skit where Dan Ackroyd was the toy sales rep who wound the toy telephone around his neck and pretended it was choking him.....

[Redlass]

I saw that recall!

I'd avoided that yarn 'cause I thought it was horribly ugly and had an awful feel to it. There were so many nice eyelash and fur yarns out and that stuff was just nasty.

[emeleel]

I'm glad I read this here! Turns out that a while back my mom bought several skiens of this stuff in purple (and some red eyelash) to make some things for one of my cousins. She's already made a scarf that's half and half with the Fur Out and the Eyelash. She's going to let my aunt know - we doubt my cousin will wear it too much, but they need to know.

I'm not sure what's she's going to do with the rest of the skeins. The other thing she was planning on making is a tote, and it will only have a little bit of the Fur Out as trim. But if she has any left, she at least knows that it either needs returned, or not used in any garments.

[Joubert[$]]

Glad that posting it here helped out.