Nationwide recall expands to 3.6 million grill brushes after consumers swallowed metal bristles

Labor Day is just around the corner, a day when Americans will be firing up the BBQ grills for the last time this summer. But if you’re one of them, you’ll want to be aware of a substantial recall in progress for over 3.6 million metal wire bristle grill brushes. The company behind the recall is warning consumers not to use the brushes over fears that the metal bristles can dislodge and become embedded in food. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Back in July, the household goods giant Conair announced a recall of over 1.7 million Cuisinart grill brushes, which are designed to scrub BBQ grill grates free of grease and baked-on food residue. However, Conair found that the wire bristles on some of its Cuisinart grill brushes could dislodge and become embedded in the food cooked on the grill that the brushes were meant to clean. Now, Conair has announced an expansion of that recall, adding a number of additional brush models to the recall list. In the new recall announcement posted on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website yesterday, Conair said that more than 1.9 million additional brushes were now included in the recall. “Small metal wire bristles can…