60,000 Wawa-branded tumblers recalled because their metal straws can cut customers

Some 60,000 Wawa-branded beverage tumblers are nether callback owed to a laceration hazard posed by nan products’ metallic straw

NEW YORK -- Some 60,000 Wawa-branded beverage tumblers are nether callback owed to a laceration hazard posed by nan products' metallic straw.

According to a Thursday notice published by nan U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, nan metallic straw wrong nan now-recalled tumblers tin trim a user's rima and/or fingers. Four injuries person been reported to date.

The Commission is urging consumers to instantly extremity utilizing these metallic straws — and contact Illinois-based Halo Branding Solutions, nan products' distributor, for a silicone replacement. If a customer would for illustration to return nan tumbler arsenic well, they tin person a $15 refund successful nan shape of a gift card.

Impacted consumers should not effort to return these products to Wawa stores, Thursday's announcement notes. You tin find much accusation astir really to participate on Halo's website.

The recalled tumblers were sold exclusively astatine Wawa stores crossed Alabama, Washington D.C., Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland successful August of this year. The 24-ounce drinkware came successful 4 different styles.

The Associated Press reached retired to Pennsylvania-based Wawa and Halo for further remark Thursday.