About 5.8 million Stainless King Food Jars and about 2.3 million Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles are being recalled by Thermos.
If perishable food or beverages are stored in the container for an extended period of time, the stopper can forcefully eject when opened, which can result in serious impact injury and laceration hazards to the consumer.
Thermos has received 27 reports of consumers who were struck by a stopper that forcefully ejected from these containers upon opening, including complaints of impact and laceration injuries requiring medical attention. Three consumers suffered permanent vision loss after being struck in the eye.
The recall involves Thermos Stainless King Food Jars with model numbers SK3000 and SK3020, manufactured before July 2023 and all Thermos Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles with model number SK3010.
The stopper of the recalled Food Jars and Food & Beverage Bottles doesn’t have a pressure relief in the center. The containers were sold in a variety of colors in sizes of 16 ounce, model number SK3000; 24 ounce, model number SK3020; and 40 ounce, model number SK3010.
The model numbers are printed on the bottom of the recalled containers.
The food jars and bottles were sold at Target, Walmart, and other stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, and Thermos.com between around March 2008 and July 2024. The cost was about $30.
Consumers should stop using the recalled food jars and bottles immediately and contact Thermos to receive a replacement pressure relief stopper or replacement bottle, depending on the model, the company and U.S. Consumer Produce Commission advise.
For recalled 3000 and 3020 food jars, consumers will be asked to throw away the stopper and send a photo of the disposed stopper to Thermos.
For recalled 3010 bottles, consumers will be asked to return their recalled bottle to Thermos using a prepaid shipping label.
For more information, call Thermos at 662-563-6822 or visit https://support.thermos.com or https://www.thermos.com and click “Contact Us” or “Recall Info.”
For details on other recalls, go to www.recalls.gov.
