CPSC, Pier 1 Imports Announce Recall of Tea Light Candleholders
Home product recall 04-146. Announced by CPSC on May 27, 2004.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on May 27, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- 48,000 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?
The beads on these tea light candleholders can catch fire during use.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Stop using these tea light candleholders. Firm no longer in business. Recall remedy no longer available. Discard the product.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: The firm is out of business. Consumers should call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
Which ones are recalled?
These Beaded Fish tea light candleholders are red, pink or blue, and about 4 inches high and 8 inches long. The price sticker reads “Pier 1,” “China,” and “SKU 1997504,” SKU 1998132” or “SKU 1998145.”
48,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Beaded Fish Tea Light Candleholders.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
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?
- Distributed by Pier 1 Imports, Fort Worth, Texas.
- Pier 1 Import stores nationwide and on the firm’s Web site, from February 2004 through May 14, 2004, for about $10.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Pier 1 has received 10 reports of these candleholders either melting or catching fire, causing some minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
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.
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.
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