U.S. CPSC on the recall of Chinese-made flashlight battery

August 3, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and NexTorch, Inc., Today announced a domestic NexTorch ™ NT123A a voluntary recall of flashlight batteries. The recalled NexTorch NT123A flashlight batteries ™ trademark, rather than the ® registered trademark, look for the silver battery, marked NexTorch logo and rated voltage (3V), usually sold together with NexTorch flashlight. The battery since July 2007 - July 2011, in Firearm dealers, law enforcement supply stores, amazon.com and www.nextorch.com sale, priced at approximately $ 2 / month. The number of recalled products is about 16,000. Reason for the recall, the batteries may overheat, crack, causing a fire, posing a burn hazard consumers. Up to now, NexTorch company has received one cause the battery to overheat causing a fire cracking, causing consumers to burn the body, clothing and vehicles on fire repo...