August
2010
New World Cookers
We have just heard that the National Consumer Agency has renewed its appeal to find over 3,000 gas cookers that could potentially cause serious carbon-monoxide poisoning.
This is in fact the third time the agency has made this appeal in connection with individual makes and models of gas cooker which in this case have a separate oven and grill.
The agency have issued a statement saying that cooking with the grill with its door shut has been shown to cause very dangerous levels of carbon-monoxide to be produced, leading to injury or death. Please do contact your manufacturer and ask about your New World ovens.
“The makeers have been busy trying to trace these cookers. However, over 3,000 remain untraced,” said agency CEO Ann Fitzgerald. “We are again issuing a warning to all consumers to check their cookers.”
The affected cookers were manufactured by Beko, Flavel, Leisure and New World, please note that not all cookers carrying these brand names are of concern.
Ms Fitzgerald urged people away in holiday homes to check the cookers, and called on landlords who may be renting to students to check their appliances “as many of the cookers involved were entry-level models, and may have been purchased by landlords for rented accommodation”.
Sadly have been at least six deaths in the UK and Ireland linked to the faulty appliances.
If you have one of the cookers is advised to immediately contact the manufacturer to arrange for a modification to be made which wont cost anything.
