Health Canada expands its recall of the Galaxy Note 7 to 17,000 additional handsets

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Health Canada, the region's consumer safety agency, has extended its recall of the Galaxy Note 7 to an additional 17,000 handsets. The body has revealed that a total of 39,000 devices have been sold or distributed in Canada to date, of which 22,000 were included in the first recall. It's believed that the majority of the units in circulation in the country have already been swapped for a ‘safe' replacement unit as part of Samsung's exchange program, but now they all have to be returned.

This news comes less than 24-hours after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a second official recall of the Galaxy Note 7 in the United States following 23 confirmed reports of replacement models spontaneously catching fire surfaced online. Just like in the States, Note 7 owners in Canada are being instructed to immediately power down their unit and return it to its place of purchase at their earliest convenience.

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