SharkNinja recalls 1.8 million pressure cookers after burn injuries

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SharkNinja is recalling 1.8 cardinal unit cookers owed to 106 reports of pain injuries that person sparked much than 2 twelve lawsuits against the company, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

About 50 of the reports cited second- oregon third-degree burns to consumers' faces oregon bodies, the connection said. Third-degree burns, the astir superior pain level, destruct the epidermis and dermis, oregon the outer and mediate layers of skin, and tin besides harm a person's bones, muscles and tendons, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The unit cooker's lid tin beryllium opened portion successful use, allowing blistery contents to escape, posing a pain hazard to consumers, the callback announcement said. 

Which unit cooker is nether recall?

The callback covers the SharkNinja Foodi OP300 Series Multi-Function Pressure Cooker. The institution is recalling 1.85 cardinal of the devices successful the U.S., arsenic good arsenic astir 184,000 sold successful Canada.

The cookers, which tin besides aerial fry, were sold successful achromatic and person a 6.5-quarter capacity. 

The pursuing exemplary numbers are portion of the recall:

  • OP300
  • OP301
  • OP301A
  • OP302
  • OP302BRN
  • OP302HCN
  • OP302HAQ
  • OP302HW
  • OP302HB
  • OP305
  • OP305CO
  • OP350CO 

The exemplary numbers are printed connected a statement connected the broadside of the cooker. 

Also included successful the callback are OP300 bid replacement unit cooker lids purchased arsenic an other part, the connection said. 

Where was the SharkNinja instrumentality sold?

The device, made by by Needham, Massachusetts-based SharkNinja, was sold astatine Walmart, Costco, Sam's Club, Amazon and Target stores crossed the U.S. 

The unit cooker was besides disposable online astatine www.Ninjakitchen.com, www.walmart.com, www.costco.com, www.samsclub.com, www.amazon.com and www.target.com. 

The instrumentality was sold from January 2019 done March 2025 and outgo astir $200.

What should consumers do? 

 People who ain the devices should instantly halt utilizing them and interaction SharkNinja for a escaped replacement lid, the CPSC said.

"Consumers tin proceed to usage the product's aerial frying and different functions," the callback announcement added.

Owners of the devices tin interaction SharkNinja astatine 888-370-1733 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST, Monday done Friday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST connected Saturday.

They tin besides email the institution at sharkninja@rqa-inc.com, oregon sojourn its website at https://www.rqa-inc.com/client/SharkNinja/ or www.ninjakitchen.com and click connected "Recalls" nether "Support" astatine the apical of the page.

Aimee Picchi

Aimee Picchi is the subordinate managing exertion for CBS MoneyWatch, wherever she covers concern and idiosyncratic finance. She antecedently worked astatine Bloomberg News and has written for nationalist quality outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports.

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