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Millions of household name products have been recalled this week by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The venerable Easy-Bake Oven, a childhood institution manufactured by Hasbro pictured right, has been blamed for injuring several dozen children whose hands were caught in the toy. An additional 5 children were treated for burns. As a result, the agency and company issued a statement that the toy should not be used by anyone under the age of eight years old.

The affected units have the number 65805 and Hasbro stamped into the plastic at the rear of the oven. Any unit sold before May 2006 is not included in this recall.

Consumers should contact Easy-Bake at (800) 601-8418 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. eastern time during any day to receive a free kit to repair the oven.

The company says that almost one million units are involved in the recall.

Another company recalling units is Maytag, the manufacturer of Maytag and Jenn-Air dishwashers. The company recalled 2.3 million units after receiving reports of 135 fires in the dishwasher.

Maytag says that liquid rinse-aid can leak from its dispenser and come into contact with the dishwasher’s internal warning and cause a fire. Units affected include Maytag and Jenn-Air under counter or portable plastic tub dishwashers with black, white, almond, bisque or stainless steel front panels.

The CPSC suggests consumers contact Maytag toll-free at (800) 675-0535 anytime to determine if their dishwasher is one of the units manufactured in a 4 year period that is covered by the recall.

e recall involves Maytag® and Jenn-Air® under counter or portable plastic tub dishwashers. The dishwashers have black, white, almond, bisque and stainless steel front panels. The following model and serial numbers are printed on a label located on the dishwasher�s plastic frame on top of or to the left of the door opening. Consumers should contact Maytag to determine if their dishwasher is included in this recall

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating all-terrain vehicles and their “safety standards”, paying close attention to children who use the vehicles.

Chairman Hal Stratton directed the agency June 8 to conduct a top-to-bottom review of “all existing ATV safety standards and make recommendations regarding the advisability and potential for issuing” rulemaking. Chairman Stratton emphasized that particular consideration should be given to improving ATV safety of young riders.

He also called for an exhaustive summary of ATV safety-related proposals, including pre-sale training/ certification requirements, enhanced warning labels, formal notification of safety rules by dealers to buyers, the addition of a youth ATV model appropriate for 14-year olds, written notification of child injury data at the time of sale and separate standards for tandem (two up) vehicles.

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