Conair Recalls More Than 3.6 Million Cuisinart Grill Brushes
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Conair is a company that makes Cuisinart grill brushes. A grill brush cleans dirt off a hot grill.
Conair has made a bigger recall of these brushes. A recall means a company takes back a product because it is not safe.
The company added 1.9 million more brushes to the recall. Now, more than 3.6 million brushes are part of it.
The problem is small metal bristles from the brush. Bristles are the thin, stiff hairs on a brush.
These bristles can fall off the brush. They can stick to the grill. Then they can get into food.
If people eat the metal bristles, this is dangerous. It is called an ingestion hazard. This means it is dangerous to swallow.
People who have these grill brushes should stop using them. They should check if their brush is part of the recall.
Vocabulary15 words
- recall
- when a company takes back a product because it is not safe
- bristles
- thin, stiff hairs on a brush
- ingestion hazard
- a danger from swallowing something
- grill
- a metal tool used to cook food with fire or heat
- expand
- to make something bigger
- unit
- one single item, like one brush
- safe
- not dangerous
- dangerous
- able to hurt you
- swallow
- to make food or an object go down your throat
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- product
- a thing that a company makes to sell
- clean
- to remove dirt from something
- hot
- having a high temperature
- metal
- a hard material like iron or steel
- check
- to look at something carefully
Quiz
Answer key
1. Cuisinart grill brushes 2. Metal bristles can be swallowed with food 3. More than 3.6 million
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Conair is a company that makes Cuisinart grill _____.
Conair has made a bigger _____ of these brushes.
The company added 1.9 _____ more brushes to the recall.
Now, more than 3.6 million brushes are part of it.
The problem is small metal _____ from the brush.
These bristles can fall off the brush and stick to the _____.
Then they can get into _____.
If people eat the metal bristles, this is _____.
It is called an ingestion _____.
People who have these grill brushes should stop _____ them.
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