U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 2011
Release #11-237
Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 631-0183
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Janome America Inc. Recalls Elna Sewing Machines Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Sewing machine
Units: About 600
Importer: Janome America Inc. of Mahwah, N.J.
Hazard: The wires inside the sewing machine can short circuit, posing a risk of fire.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm knows of one report of a sewing machine catching fire. No injuries or property damage have been reported.
Description: This recall involves the Elna eXcellence 740 sewing machine. The machine is white and navy with a digital touch panel. "Elna" and "eXcellence 740" are printed on the front of the machine.
Sold at: Sewing machine stores nationwide from September 2010 through April 2011 for about $3,000.
Manufactured in: Japan and Taiwan
Remedy: Consumers should immediately unplug and stop using the machine and return it to the store where it was purchased for a free repair.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Janome America at (800) 631-0183 anytime or visit the firm's website at www.elnausa.com
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11237.html
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CPSC Public Calendar
Vol. XXXVIII No. 33
June 1, 2011
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Commission Agendas
Listed below is an agenda of a Commission meeting scheduled for the week of June 6, 2011. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.
Commission Meeting
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Hearing Room 420
Closed to the Public
Matter to be Discussed
Compliance Status Report
The Commission staff will brief the Commission on the status of compliance matters.
Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties
All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise stated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting, please call the contact person listed for that meeting. Individuals requiring reasonable accommodation for a meeting should contact the Office of the Secretary, 301-504-7923 or by email, cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the current week which have not appeared before in the printed Public Calendar. If the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter," defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar can be found on CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/calendarmast.html. We indicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol (S); we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.
Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending a substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the Office of the Secretary within 20 days.
Week of June 6 thru June 12, 2011
Tuesday, June 7 thru Friday, June 10
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum and other CPSC staff meeting in Mexico and Brazil with counterpart agencies and other stakeholders to discuss cooperation on consumer product safety issues. The meetings were requested by the CPSC. For additional information contact Roberta Telles, Office of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs, (301) 504-7071, rtelles@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 5/25/11. Posted in Public Calendar 5/25/11. (S)
Future
Monday, June 13 thru Wednesday, June 15
Patricia Edwards, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff attending the ASTM F15 subcommittee meetings on Juvenile Products. The meeting is being hosted by ASTM and being held at ASTM Headquarters in West Conshohocken, PA. The meeting was requested by ASTM. For additional information contact Patricia Edwards, (301) 504-7577 or (301) 987-2224 after 6/2/11. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 5/24/11. Posted on Master Calendar 5/24/11. (S)
Addendum
Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously printed Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however, staff persons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day notice requirement by placing notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar at least seven days before the meeting. The Master Calendar can be found on CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/calendarmast.html.
In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to waive the seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff personnel, and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements for themselves and their personal staff.
Tuesday, May 31
Commissioner Robert Adler, Jana Fong-Swamidoss and Jason Levine, Counsels to Commissioner Adler met with Vesta Garcia Executive Director, Baby Carriers Industry Alliance (BCIA) and Mary Martha McNamara, Counsel to BCIA, to discuss questions posed by Commissioner Adler and Jana following their March 22, 2011 meeting with BCIA; 2:45 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 723. The meeting was requested by Mary Martha McNamara. For additional information contact Ophelia McCardell, (301) 504-7731. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 5/31/11. Posted on Master Calendar 5/31/11. (S)
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