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Freshine,3 pack,non scratch,NO numbers on package manual cleaning equipment

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 26, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Nov 26, 2018the latest report was made
  • Nov 26, 2018the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Freshine,3 pack,non scratch,NO numbers on package
Maker
ALDI, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Manual cleaning equipmentNot buckets and pailsCPSC’s product type: Manual Cleaning Equipment (Excl. Buckets and Pails) (code 480), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Home Cleaning Appliances & Equipment

By month

1 report from December 2017 to November 2018; the most in November 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20181

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Hurt, no treatment

    Made Nov 26, 2018, sent to the company Dec 4, 2018, published by CPSC Dec 19, 2018

    The product, in the report: All done on first page.Sponge

    Bought sponges at Aldi,Freshine,non scratch,3 pack,blue.soaked in water,and put in microwave to disenfect,as per instructions on Internet,and have done many times before for years with other brands.Within 30 seconds sponge burst into heavy flames,and melted dish it was on,had we not been right there at the time it could have set house on fire,put out fire and took outside,where it continued to smolder heavily for 10 minutes,when it was done,there was only ash left.This product is EXTREMELY dangerous.

    Model
    NONE
    UPC
    None
    Serial number
    NONE
    Bought from
    ALDI
    Bought
    Nov 15, 2018, about then
    Where
    Mcdonough, Georgia: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 74, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Freshine,3 pack,non scratch,NO numbers on package, made or sold by ALDI, Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

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