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Room Essentials towels or cloths

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 22, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 22, 2013the latest report was made
  • Jan 22, 2013the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Room Essentials
Maker
TargetMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Towels or clothsCPSC’s product type: Towels or Cloths (code 666), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Bedroom, Bedding & Bath

By month

1 report from February 2012 to January 2013; the most in January 2013, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20131

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hurt, care not known 1 CPSC: Injury, Level of care not known

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, care not known

    Made Jan 22, 2013, sent to the company Feb 15, 2013, published by CPSC Mar 12, 2013

    The product, in the report: Room Essentials Brand of Towels (Made in China) States product is 100% cotton, I do not believe this as I’ve never seen any cotton act like this product. I purchased a complete set of 4 bath towels, and wash cloths. Two tone Grey, dark and light with a thin stripe at each end across the towel. They were available in a multitude of colors, and bright pastels, pink, green, black, grey etc.

    I have purchased a complete set towels from the Target chain of stores.These towels are made in China, extremely soft and fluffy and yet very affordable. The problem is they create irritable situations, one being my eyes, there is a fine dust that comes off these towels no matter how many times you wash them. [REDACTED] They leave a fine film of dust on everything, in your tub, on your floor, even sticking to the vertical surface of my mirror.

    I’ve never seen anything like this and it’s quite disturbing. In running these towels through the washer and dryer cycle at least ten times thinking I could remove the majority of the fibers that create this dust problem....it did not solve a thing.My dryer lint vent was clogged up more after one drying of these towels than had I washed 4 or 5 separates loads of wash....unbelieveable.

    I’ve literally stopped using them. I was using only one at a time, and that one alone created a film of dust on my floor that was quite noticable, and I had just recently vacuumed up and swept and mopped up my floor due to this dust build up. I’m taking them back to Target today. l believe people should be made aware of this issue.Promptly!

    Model
    Towels
    Serial number
    N/A
    Bought from
    Target, Merritt Island, Florida
    Bought
    Dec 1, 2012, about then
    Where
    Merritt Island, Florida: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 49, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Room Essentials, made or sold by Target
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Level of care not known

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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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