PRA number
2007/9260
Published date
Product description
The product is designed as a foot warmer, and contains a "heat pack", to be warmed in a microwave oven before it is placed on the feet. The socks are available in four colours pink, blue, black and pink stripes and pink and hot pink stripes. The product was sold after 27 March 2007.
Reasons the product is recalled
There is a possibility that the product could overheat and combust when heated in a microwave oven.
The hazards to consumers
Fire
What consumers should do
Stop using the product immediately and return it to "Reply Paid 84588, Red Robin Feet Warmers, 1/660 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, Vic, 3108.
Supplier
Red Robin Socks
Where the product was sold
Nationally
Responsible regulator
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is the responsible regulator for this recall.
