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CSA Group Warns of Unauthorized CSA Group Certification Marks on Menards MasterForce® Variable Speed Drill Press Model 240-0065

8/30/2022

CSA Group, a global provider of testing, inspection and certification services and a standards development organization, notifies members of the public of unauthorized use of CSA Group Certification Marks on certain products supplied by Flourishing Gadget, LTD for Menards home improvement stores, and sold under Menards’ MasterForce brand.

Menards MasterForce model 240-0065 Variable Speed Drill Presses, with identification labels bearing unauthorized CSA Group certification marks, were sold in Menard’s home improvement stores between January 2018 and November 2021.  The Masterforce Variable Speed Drill Press was sold in stores and online.

The Menards MasterForce model 240-0065 Variable Speed Drill Press is not CSA certified.  As a result, the Menards MasterForce Variable Speed Drill Press product described in this warning was not tested, inspected, or certified by CSA Group to the applicable standards.

As of the date of this alert, Menards has made no report to CSA Group of personal injury or property damage with respect to the affected drill press product.

Consumers who wish to verify with CSA Group the authenticity of certified products are encouraged to visit CSA Group’s certified product listing (https://www.csagroup.org/testing-certification/product-listing/)

Consumers and industrial users who have questions are advised to contact Menards’ supplier, Flourishing Gadget, LTD.

Supplier: Flourishing Gadget Limited, 44 East Beaver Creek Road, Unit 15, Richmond Hill Ontario, L4B 1G8, Canada     Email: [email protected]

Manufacturer: Qingdao D&D Intellectual Technologies Co., Ltd.,26th FL Fortune Center, No.182-6 Haier Rd., Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China

Where Known to Have Been Sold/Distributed: Menard, Inc. (doing business as “Menards”) home improvement stores, headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  With stores located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Identification: The affected product is:
Menards MasterForce Variable Speed Drill Press Model 240-0065

This product may display unauthorized CSA Group certification marks on product identification labels.

Examples are shown in the photos below:

 

Menards has agreed to post the following purchaser notice in its stores describing the unauthorized use of CSA Group Certification Marks.  It is expected that Menards will post this for a period up to thirty days during the August – September 2022 timeframe:

Drill Press – Notice