Attack of the killer tomato planters: Recall at QVC
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a recall of China-made Topsy Turvy Tomato Planters with Stand, imported by All-Star Marketing, Hawthorn, New York, and sold by QVC of West Chester for $30 in March and April, after 347 of the stands collapsed, injuring 155 Americans.
DANGER: Falling tomato plants have injured 155 Americans as imported home planters collapsed in accidents so far this growing season, the federal government says.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a recall of China-made Topsy Turvy Tomato Planters with Stand, imported by All-Star Marketing, Hawthorn, New York, after 347 of the stands fell apart, injuring 155.
Some 82,000 were sold, at $30 each, after West Chester-based QVC advertised them in March and April, according to the commission.
The recall notice for the dread planters is
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