CO detector recall confusion clarified.AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1996--BRK Brands Inc., manufacturers of First Alert brand carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; detectors said a television news report concerning the recall of Sinostone Corp.'s Accusniffer carbon monoxide detector erroneously included a visual of a First Alert package, prompting a flood of consumer calls to the company's customer service line. "First Alert carbon monoxide detectors are not involved in any way with the recall of the Accusniffer detector," said Richard Timmons Richard Timmons (born 1965) is an American murderer. He brutally murdered his wife and seven-year-old son by decapitating them with an ax and his thirteen-year-old stepson by stabbing him to death on June 8, 1997 at his apartment in Long Island, New York. , BRK BRK Break BRK Broken (meteorological, cloud cover) BRK Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz (Bavarian Red Cross) BRK Berkshire Hathaway (stock symbol) BRK Brick Brands Inc. vice president of marketing. "Our carbon monoxide detectors continue to meet all the safety and reliability specifications of Underwriters Laboratories Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is a U.S. not-for-profit, privately owned and operated product safety testing and certification organization. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, UL develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and standard 2034, which governs the performance of residential CO detectors." First Alert is the nation's most popular brand of carbon monoxide detector, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry sources. BRK officials said they are urging broadcast news organizations not to use the First Alert visuals in any stories about the Consumer Product Safety Commission's announced recall of the Accusniffer CO detector. CONTACT: Wheatley Blair Inc. Bob Wheatley, Laurel Blair, Debbie Hanson or Gigi Lubin, 312/337-7773 or Kehoe, White, Savage & Company Inc. John P. Kehoe, 212/888-1616 |
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