You may want to check your kitchen drawers if you recently purchased new oven mitts from QVC.
On Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a new recall for more than one million pairs of oven gloves sold on QVC’s television and e-commerce channels. The recall was triggered after dozens of injury reports and after the team discovered they were a potential burn hazard.
As the recall notice explained, the Temp-tations Oven Gloves “…can fail to provide sufficient protection from heat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.”
The recall notice added that the gloves were sold in single pairs, sets of two, and sets with drying mats or trivets. “The recalled oven gloves were sold in a variety of colors, including blue, yellow, red, floral, and summer shell prints,” it added. They were all under the following model numbers: K51459, K76398, K47973, K48879, K85322, K96004, K92603, K308719, K309220, K309388, and K309516.
Each of the gloves is made of cotton and elastane …