# CPSC, Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. Announce Recall of Lighters
> **CPSC recall** · 2002-06-25 · 02547 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 02547
- **Date:** 2002-06-25
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Butler Slim Torch lighters

## Hazards

The lighters were imported into this country without first being tested to ensure they comply with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's requirements that the lighters be child-resistant. Child-resistant requirements were adopted to reduce the risk of fires and deaths caused by children playing with multi-purpose lighters.

## Retailer(s)

The Hammacher Schlemmer® catalog sold the lighters nationwide, between August 2001 and February 2002, for $39.95.

## Importer(s)

Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Inc., of Chicago, Ill.

## Country of manufacture

Germany

## Description

The recalled lighters have a brushed chrome finish and a black rubber slide lever that is moved to ignite the lighter. They are seven inches long and "Rowenta" is embossed on the rubber slide lever. The lighters come packaged in a black plastic case with "Rowenta" stamped on the bottom of the case. The lighters were manufactured in Germany.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2002/CPSC-Hammacher-Schlemmer--Co-Announce-Recall-of-Lighters)
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