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1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 17, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Nov 17, 2015the latest report was made
  • Nov 17, 2015the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Family Maid
Maker
Family MaidMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Light bulbsCPSC’s product type: Light Bulbs (code 627), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Indoor Lighting

By month

1 report from December 2014 to November 2015; the most in November 2015, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20151

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

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. No one hurt

    Made Nov 17, 2015, sent to the company Dec 22, 2015, published by CPSC Jan 7, 2016

    The product, in the report: LED Lights 110v, 60mz & 70ma

    This caller is reporting his LED lights that he purchased within that past 90 days, he can’t remember where they were purchased but believes that he may have purchased them online..

    He states that the bulbs have tiny ventilation holes around the circumference of the bulbs and that flying meal moths get into these ventilation holes, they then congregate in large numbers and the caller believes that this causes the bulbs to explode.

    Around November 1st, 2015 the bulb in the kitchen exploded. The caller states that it sounded like a gunshot going off.

    November 14th or 15th, 2015 the incident was repeated and the caller decided that he needed to report this incident as a severe laceration hazard as well as a fire hazard.

    There are no injuries being reported

    The caller has no manufacturer contact information so has not contacted the manufacturer.

    Model
    8500K
    Bought from
    caller has forgotten
    Bought
    Aug 17, 2015, about then
    Where
    Eagle Lake, Texas: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Family Maid, made or sold by Family Maid
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

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)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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