CPSC, Wal-Mart Expand Recall of Candles With Flammable Paint
Home product recall 04-057. Announced by CPSC on Dec 24, 2003.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 24, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- 10,085 units of the “Painted Snowman” gift set units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Paint on the exterior surface of the candles could potentially sustain flame posing a potential fire hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the product and return the candle gift set to Wal-Mart for a full refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Call Wal-Mart at (800) 925-6278 between 7 am and 9 pm CT Monday through Friday.
Which ones are recalled?
Each Home Trends Natural Holiday Collection Candle gift set contains three candles with a scene painted on the exterior. The “Painted Snowman” gift set includes three candles, a display plate, pine sprigs, and golden berries. The “Painted Snowman” gift set is model CAD2525193 and has UPC number 069302970040. Three similar Home Trend Ice Holiday Collection Candle gift sets were previously recalled.
10,085 units of the “Painted Snowman” gift set units, as CPSC gives them.
Home Trends Natural Holiday Collection Candle gift set: “Painted Snowman”.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
069302970040
Copied exactly as CPSC lists them.
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 Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry Co., Ltd., China.
- Made by Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry.
- Wal-Mart stores nationwide sold these candle gift sets, from September 2003 through December 2003, for about $10.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
No injuries or incidents have been reported to Wal-Mart.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
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.