More Than 300,000 Air Fryers Recalled Over Potential Hazard

Published on December 21, 2023

More than 300,000 air fryers sold at Walmart, Target, and multiple other stores across the United States are being recalled owing to a potential burn hazard to customers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced. The federal agency issued the recall of two Empower Brands dual basket air fryer models on Dec. 14 after officials discovered that a plastic connector used to optionally combine the two food baskets inside the air fryers can break and pose a burn risk. According to the CPSC, the recall impacts approximately 319,000 of the PowerXL DUAF-10 and DUAF-005 Vortex Dual-Basket models of the air fryers, both of which were sold in black or cinnamon colors at Target, Walmart, Kohls, and other stores nationwide from August 2021 through October 2023 for between $60 and $190, depending on the model....

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