FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2004
Release # 04-066
Firm's Recall Hotline: (847) 228-0334
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contacts: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052 & Eric Criss, (301) 504-7908
CPSC, Sassi America Inc. Announce Recall of Acrylic Primer for Nail Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Sassi America Inc., of Elk Grove Village, Ill., is
voluntarily recalling about 72,000 bottles of acrylic primer used to
prepare fingernails before applying artificial nails. This methacrylic
acid primer is not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required by
the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
Sassi America has received a report of a 2-year-old girl in Pompano
Beach, Fla., who sustained severe external and internal chemical burns
after swallowing the liquid primer.
The primer is packaged in amber-colored bottles with black caps. The
model number 508, 509, 510, 511 or 512 is written on the front of the
label. "SASSI" also is written on the labels. The primer was sold in
.25-ounce, .50-ounce, 1-ounce, 2-ounce and 4-ounce size bottles. The
acrylic primers were sold separately and in kits.
Grocery and beauty supply stores nationwide sold the primer from June
2000 through January 2004 for between $2 and $10.
Consumers should return the acrylic primer and kits to the store where
purchased to receive a refund. For more information call Sassi collect
at (847) 228-0334 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CT Monday through
Friday.