Dear Northern Brewer Customer, We received an email from John Blichmann of Blichmann Engineering indicating that some of the three-piece ball valves shipped from his company between Jan 01, 2010 and March 20, 2010 may have had some lubricating oil present upon shipment. The timing of your order means it may have been affected, although it is not certain. If you did not wash the ball-valve with warm, soapy water prior to use, we recommend that you do so at this time. We have created a video walkthrough to assist with the process; it should only take a few minutes. You can find it here: http://et.ratepoint.com/55d3022f367bd2097069aade75b0a65b/28a79ab3804fe406a6… At this point, we have no reason to believe there is any kind of health risk due to this oil and the effects, if any, are probably minimal. John, however, is a careful individual. I have quoted his email to us below. "We just discovered that some recent shipments of BoilerMaker kettles and NPT Fermenators may have had oil used as a seal lubricant in the valves by our supplier. Please disassemble any valves you have in stock that were shipped from Jan 1 through March 20 and remove the oil with detergent. In addition, please notify any customers that may have received products from Jan 1 through March 20 to do the same if they have not already done so. We have resolved this issue with our supplier and have reworked all products in-house and this check has been added to our inspection procedure. This issue does NOT include the tri-clamp valves. We apologize in advance for the trouble this has caused. Sincerely, John Blichmann Blichmann Engineering, LLC" If you have any comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Northern Brewer, 1945 County Rd. C2 W, Roseville, MN, 55113 8006812739 -- SmartUnsubscribe(SM) This email was sent to mba(a)thebarn.com by "Northern Brewer" <info(a)northernbrewer.com> Update Profile/Email Address: http://subscribe.ratepoint.com/permission/16804?e=mba@thebarn.com SmartUnsubscribe(SM) from this list: http://subscribe.ratepoint.com/unsubscribe/16804?c=5dcfefafe5219e587698d855… Privacy Policy: http://www.ratepoint.com/privacy/