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Charcoal Lighter Fluid & Paint Thinner Recalled by Penn Oil

CPSC recall 84003. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Fire & Fire-Related Burn

CPSC recall 84003 has the recall date 11 Jan 1984. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. 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 Paint & Coating Items.

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CPSC recall 84003: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Charcoal Lighter Fluid & Paint Thinner Recalled by Penn Oil NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 1984 Release # 84-003 Charcoal Lighter Fluid And Paint Thinner To Be Recalled By Pittsburgh Penn Oil Company Washington, DC -- Pittsburgh Penn Oil Company of Creighton, Pennsylvania, has consented to a federal court order requiring the company to recall containers of charcoal lighter fluid and paint thinner. A lawsuit filed in October by the U. S. Justice Department on behalf of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission alleged that the firm was distributing charcoal lighter fluid in containers whose caps Commission tests had indicated were not child-resistant. With the filing of the Consent Decree, the lawsuit was settled without a trial. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Pittsburgh Penn Oil will provide copies of the court order to all individuals and companies that have held the containers for sale within the past year. The company will recall the containers which were used for paint thinner as well as charcoal lighter fluid. To ensure that its containers are…
ProductMr. Bar-B-Q lighter fluid, Paint & Coating Items
ProductPittsburgh Penn Oil charcoal lighter fluid
ProductPittsburgh Penn Oil paint thinner, Gas/Propane Cans/Cylinders/Tanks/Fuel
ProductStar Light lighter fluid
FirmThe CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons.

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1984: not given
CPSC recalls of 1984
44
Recalls of 1984 with one of the same hazards
14%
Recalls of 1984 in the category Paint & Coating Items
2%

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 84003. https://recallregister.com/product/4436-charcoal-lighter-fluid-paint-thinner-recalled-by-penn-oil/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 84003 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 84003 has no incident or injury text.