4 million Tassimo discs recalled for burn dangers

Consumer Reports News: February 09, 2012 10:08 AM

Kraft Foods Global is recalling 4 million T Discs, the small single-serving packages used with Tassimo coffee brewers. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, the Tassimo T Discs can become clogged during brewing and spray hot liquid and coffee grounds onto consumers and bystanders.

Both safety agencies say there have been 21 reports of the defective discs spraying consumers and bystanders while being used in Tassimo machines. Four of the incidents involved second-degree burn injuries with one of victims being a 2-year old Canadian girl who received the injuries on her face.

Consumers should stop using the recalled espresso T Discs immediately due to the possible burn danger.

The recall involves Gevalia, Maxwell House and Nabob brand espresso T Discs, plastic disks filled with coffee and inserted into Tassmio coffee makers. The recalled T Discs have can be identified by the following information:

Recalled Tassimo T Discs
Gevalia	Maxwell House	Nabob	Codes ending with (Printed on the disk's lid and package side)
Espresso	Espresso	Espresso
Espresso Decaffeinated	Café Collection Cappuccino	Cappuccino
Cappuccino	Café Collection Crème Cappuccino	Decaf Cappuccino
Cappuccino Decaffeinated	Café Collection Skinny Cappuccino	Latte
Skinny Cappuccino	Café Collection Latte	Skinny Latte	11213 through 12020
Latte	Café Collection Crème Latte
Caramel Latte Macchiato	Café Collection Caramel Latte Macchiato
Mocha
Peppermint Mocha

The recalled disks were sold in packages of eight or 16 T Discs at department, mass merchandise, home improvement and other stores nationwide. The Tassimo coffee disks were also sold online at various websites, including www.tassimodirect.com. The packages of recalled Tassimo T Disc coffee disks were sold from August 2011 through February 2012 for between $8 and $11 per package.