Continental Stops Sale Carpets
CPSC recall 76017. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
CPSC recall 76017 has the recall date 3 Mar 1976. The notice names the firm Continental. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Fire. CPSC gives the product type Carpets/Rugs.
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| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
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| Description | Continental Stops Sale Carpets NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 1976 Release # 76-017 CPSC Accepts Provisional Consent Agreement With Continental Industries, Sale Creek, Tennessee WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 3) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced it has provisionally accepted a consent agreement prohibiting Continental Industries, Inc., doing business as Modulon Carpets, Sale Creek, Tennessee, and E. M. Hicks, individually and as an officer of the corporation from manufacturing or selling any carpets or rugs which fail to meet the requirements of the Flammable Fabrics Act. Specifically the Commission found that Continental Industries' carpet style "Galveston Bay" did not meet the Standard for the Surface Flammability of Carpets and Rugs (DOC FF l-70). According to a Commission spokesperson, 197 rolls of "Galveston Bay" were manufactured and sold to Montgomery Ward for distribution to its Chicago-area retail stores in the fall of 1972. The carpeting is a nylon pile with a foam back and comes in a variety of colors. Continental Industries, as… |
| Product | Galveston Bay nylon pile carpets, Carpets/Rugs |
| Manufacturer | Continental |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1976: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1976
- 27
- Recalls of 1976 with one of the same hazards
- 48%
- Recalls of 1976 in the category Carpets/Rugs
- 15%
- Recalls on the register that name Continental
- 1
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 76017. https://recallregister.com/product/3863-continental-stops-sale-carpets/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 76017 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 76017 has no incident or injury text.