RecallConsumer Product Safety Commission · Product safetyEffective Oct 29, In force5/5 quoted sentences found in the source

Bodum recalls 5.9 million French presses sold since 1974; the remedy is a plastic spoon and a warning label

CPSC announced a recall of 5.9 million Bodum French press coffee makers with replaceable glass carafes, sold from 1974 through October 2026 for about $15 to $65 at Target, Walmart, Amazon, and other retailers. A damaged or cracked carafe, including one damaged by stirring with a metal spoon, can break during use. Bodum has 70 reports of carafes breaking, 48 of them with burns. Consumers get a plastic stirring spoon and a warning label rather than a refund.

Units5.9 million
Sold1974 through October 2026
Burn reports48 reports of burns

What the document says

Matched to source. 5.9 million units are covered.
Matched to source. A damaged carafe can break in use; metal spoons are named as a cause of damage.
Matched to source. 70 breakage reports, 48 with burns.
Matched to source. The remedy is a spoon and a label.
Matched to source. Sold for more than fifty years.

Who does this affect?: Sellers of glass coffee makers, teapots, and other glassware used with hot liquids; resellers holding Bodum French press inventory.
What it costs: 5.9 million units sold for about $15 to $65; the remedy is a plastic stirring spoon and a warning label, not a refund.
What to check: If you sell glassware meant for hot liquids, look at whether your listing and package insert warn against metal utensils and against using cracked glass, and ask your product-liability insurer how a warning-label recall like this one would be handled; if you resell Bodum presses, check Bodum's recall page for what it asks of retailers.

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Bodum USA Recalls 5.9 Million French Press Coffee Makers with Replaceable Glass Carafes Due to Risk of Serious Burn Injury