Baby Brezza Enterprises pulled about 29,000 SuperFast Sterilizer Dryers from use in the United States on Nov. 5, 2026, after the countertop appliance was found to overheat while plugged in and running. The company has received 32 reports of overheating or melting plastic housing. No injuries have been reported, and the remedy is a free replacement.
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The dryer is a push-button unit that sterilizes and dries baby bottles, breast pump parts and accessories in ten minutes. Three model numbers are recalled: BRZ0083, BRZ0154 and BRZ0156, printed on the label on the bottom of the unit. The units were made in China and imported by Baby Brezza Enterprises LLC of Newark, New Jersey. Sales ran from January 2024 through October 2026 at prices of $160 to $180.
Sterilizer dryers sit on kitchen counters and run several times a day in homes with infants, which is where a hot surface does the most harm. The notice frames the risk as a burn from touching the surface, and the 32 reports it cites include housings that melted. Those details are the firm’s own account to the agency, and the notice does not describe what temperature the units reached or how long they ran before failing.
Thirty-two reports of overheating and melted housing
The CPSC recall notice, number 27-072, says the dryers can overheat when plugged in and operating, posing “a risk of injury from a burn hazard if the surface is handled.” The firm’s 32 reports describe the appliance running hot or the plastic housing melting. The agency labels the notice a Fast Track recall, and it lists no injuries, no property damage and no fires in the U.S. incident count. Retail channels were broad: TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores nationwide, plus babybrezza.com, target.com and babylist.com.
Under CPSC’s Fast Track program, a company that files a safety report and cooperates on a voluntary recall must have a corrective action plan ready to implement within 20 working days. The plan has to include a refund or a fully tested replacement or repair, a joint news release with the agency, and a notice on the company’s homepage. That framework explains why the announcement came with a finished remedy rather than a promise of one.
Against roughly 29,000 U.S. units, 32 reports works out to about one in every 900 dryers sold. That is a low incident rate, and CPSC still treats it as a recall-worthy defect because the hazard involves a heating element, plastic that softens, and a product used by caregivers who handle it hot from the cycle. The Fast Track label signals the company agreed to a remedy quickly, not that the problem was minor.
Canada’s separate count under one model number
The recall crossed the border with different figures. CPSC puts about 4,500 units in Canada, while Health Canada’s notice reports 6,001 sold there, all of model BRZ0083 with the UPC 886267008313, between September 2023 and November 2026. Health Canada says the company had 20 Canadian reports of overheating and melting as of Oct. 29, 2026, and no injuries, and it describes the risk as fire and burn hazards. Canadian owners go through EI Brand Management Inc. at [email protected], or through the company’s Canadian recall page, for a free replacement.
Sales dates overlap between the two countries but do not match. The U.S. notice runs from January 2024 through October 2026, and Health Canada begins in September 2023 and ends in November 2026, which suggests units were on shelves in Canada for several months before the U.S. sales window opened. Neither notice explains the gap, and the models differ too: all three model numbers are recalled in the United States, while Canada lists only BRZ0083.
Cutting the cord to claim the replacement
The U.S. remedy works in a set order. Owners stop using the dryer, register and complete the form on Baby Brezza’s recall page, unplug the unit and cut the power cord to destroy it. They then email photos of the model label, the destroyed appliance and the return authorization number to [email protected]. The replacement, including shipping, is free, and the old unit is disposed of under local and state rules.
The proof requirement is unusual: the company asks for photos of the model label, of the destroyed appliance and of the return authorization number, all sent to one email address. Owners must therefore cut the power cord before the replacement is approved, which means the old dryer is out of service from that moment. Nothing in the notice says how long the replacement takes to arrive, and it gives no interim guidance for sterilizing bottles in the meantime.
Questions go to 888-527-9824, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET on weekdays. Anyone whose dryer ran hot or whose housing softened can add the case to the federal record at SaferProducts.gov, and CPSC’s own line is 800-638-2772.
Whether the 32 reports represent the full extent of the problem is an open question the notice does not settle. Against roughly 29,000 U.S. units and a Canadian count that differs by agency, the confirmed numbers are 32 U.S. reports, 20 Canadian reports and zero injuries on both sides of the border.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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