Scented Jewel Candles Recalled by The Body Shop U.S.
Home product recall 99-070. Announced by CPSC on Feb 25, 1999.
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Announced by CPSC on Feb 25, 1999. 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?
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
Scented Jewel Candles Recalled by The Body Shop U.S. NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 1999 Release # 99-070 Company Phone Number: (800) 661-2154 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Scott Wolfson, (301) 504-7051 CPSC, The Body Shop U.S. Announce Recall of Scented Jewel Candles WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Body Shop, of Wake Forest, N.C., is recalling approximately 25,000 scented “Jewel” candles. The glass pots of these candles can explode or break, causing possible cuts to nearby consumers, and posing a fire hazard. The outer decorative covering of these pots can melt or catch fire. The Body Shop U.S. has received five reports of these candle pots exploding, breaking, melting or burning. No injuries have been reported. These Jewel candles are about 3 inches high and come in two fragrances: mulled berries and brandied apples. The mulled berries candles have purple resin covering its glass pot. The brandied apple candles have red resin covering its glass pot. On both types of candles, tiny glass-headed decorative beads are imbedded in the resin. A dozen three-quarter-inch “jewels” of various colors also are set around the outside of the pot, inbedded in the resin. A sticker on the bottom of the candle reads, “THE BODY SHOP.” A clear, plastic disk that is around the wick when the candle is sold reads, “fragranced jewel candle” . . . “POT MADE IN CHINA FILLED IN UK.” The Body Shop stores nationwide sold these candles from September 1998 through December 1998 for about $10. Consumers should immediately stop using these candles and return them to any Body Shop store for a refund. For more information, contact the Body Shop at (800) 661-2154 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.
Body Shop scented Jewel candles.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Body Shop U.S..
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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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.
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