Exposed wiring near the battery box can lead to a short circuit
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The TJX Companies of Framingham, Mass., are recalling about 4,600 Gardeners Eden light-up autumn decorations.
Exposed wiring near the battery box can lead to a short circuit, posing a fire hazard.
The company has received two reports of units overheating, but no reports of injury or property damage.
This recall involves autumn 2013 Gardeners Eden decorative wreaths and Chinese Lantern plant arrangements. The wreaths are made of dried twigs held together with wire and twine. They are decorated with silk leaves, foam berries, papier-mache pumpkins and gourds in autumn colors or silk leaves and papier-mache Chinese Lantern fruit. The plant arrangements are made of twigs with papier-mâché Chinese Lantern fruit held together with wire and twine. LED lights are in the pumpkins, gourds and Chinese Lantern fruit. The LED lights are powered by three AA batteries contained in a black plastic battery box. Style numbers are on the price tags attached to hangtags on the products.
The following wreaths and Chinese Lantern arrangements are being recalled:
Product | Style Number | Store |
Wreath | 585738 | T.J. Maxx |
Chinese Lantern | 585755 | |
Wreath | 805496 | Marshalls |
Chinese Lantern | 805509 | |
Wreath | 667661, 667689, 676074 | HomeGoods |
Chinese Lantern | 686740 |
The wreaths, manufactured in China, were sold exclusively at TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores from about August 2013, to September 2013, for between $25 and $30.
Customers should immediately stop using the recalled products, remove the batteries and return the decorations to any TJ Maxx, Marshalls or HomeGoods store for a full refund.
Consumers may contact TJX at (800) 926-6299 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.