Recalls this week: Air conditioners, snowboard boots
NEW YORK (AP) — Several brands of air conditioner are being recalled because of overheating power cords that can start a fire.
Other recalled consumer products this week include travel adapter kits that pose an electric shock risk and faulty bicycle forks.
Amana, Century, Comfort-Aire, Goodman and York International-branded Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (PTAC), and Amana-branded Room Air Conditioners (RAC).
The recalled units are beige and have serial numbers ranging from 0701009633 through 0804272329.
The serial number is located on the label found by lifting the front cover of PTAC units or the grille of RAC units.
Additionally, any PTAC and RAC units that have a beige power cord labeled with a four-digit date code in the MMYY format and ending in 06 or 07, or ranging from 0108 through 1808 are included in this recall.
The power cords on the air conditioning and heating units can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards.
Ashland gift and storage cardboard boxes covered in decorative paper sold at Michaels stores nationwide from October 2015 through November 2015.
Mold can be present on the boxes, posing a risk of respiratory or other infections in consumers with compromised immune systems, damaged lungs or an allergy to mold.
Ashland artificial poinsettia flowers sold in single stems and bushes and sold at Michaels stores nationwide from October 2015 through November 2015.
Mold can be present on the stems and bushes, posing a risk of respiratory or other infections in consumers with compromised immune systems, damaged lungs or an allergy to mold.
The kits contain three-prong and two-prong AC wall plug adapters that fit different electrical outlets worldwide.
The recalled adapters were made for use in Australia/New Zealand/Argentina, Brazil, Continental Europe and Korea and were also sold with Mac computers and iOS devices.
Redesigned adapters have a three-letter regional code in the