CPSC, Lang Candles Ltd. Announce Recall of Melting Pot Gift Sets
Home product recall 03-199. Announced by CPSC on Sep 25, 2003.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Sep 25, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The melting pots can produce excessive flame and/or ignite, presenting a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
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What should you do?
Lang is offering a full refund for each returned gift set. For instruction information, contact Lang.
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- How to reach the firm: Call Lang at (800) 260-8297 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or go to Lang’s website at www.lang.com
Which ones are recalled?
Each melting pot gift set is packaged in a heart-shaped paperboard gift box with a ceramic melting pot (simmer pot), four individually wrapped scented wax melters of various scents, and six tea light candles that have “Lang” printed on the top. The gift sets diffuse aroma by liquefying the scented wax melter on top of the melting pot through the use of a tea light candle placed in the bottom of the melter. The gift sets were sold in nine different themes/styles printed on the exterior of the gift box lid and melting pot. The name of the theme and its respective “Part Number” are printed on the label affixed to the underside of the gift box: Warm Your Heart 0614001, Above the Fruited Plains 0614002, Noel Rose 0614003, Holiday Bounty 0614004, All Decked Out 0614005, Stars Stars Stars 0614006, Herb Garden 0614007, Home and Heart 0614008, and Frances’ Garden 0614009.
9,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Melting Pot Gift Sets.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Lang Candles Ltd., Delafield, Wis.
- Small craft and candle stores sold the Melting Pot Gift Sets, from May 2003 through August 2003, for about $20.
- Made in United States and China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Lang has received nine reports of the melting pots producing excessive flame and/or igniting. Six of these involved burn injuries to hands and five involved minor property damage.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.