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I didn't know it until I started this web site, but I had a recalled product in my home. Read about my recall experience with MEGA Brands.

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Children’s Jewelry Recalled by SmileMakers Due to High Levels of Cadmium

Name of Product: Children’s Happy Charm Bracelets and Football Rings

Units: About 66,200 Charm Bracelets and 2,200 Rings

Importer: Toy Network, of Indianola, Iowa and Fun Express Oriental Trading Company, of Omaha, Neb.

Distributor: SmileMakers Inc., of Spartanburg, S.C.

Hazard: The metal substrate in the jewelry contains high levels of cadmium. Cadmium is toxic [...]

Kellogg Company Voluntarily Recalls Select Packages of Four Different Cereals

Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) is implementing a voluntary recall of certain breakfast cereals due to an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package.

Only products with the letters “KN” following the Better If Used Before Date are included [...]

Jardine

Name of Product: Jardine drop-side cribs

Units: About 130,000

Manufacturer: Jardine Enterprise Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan

Importer: Toys “R” Us, of Wayne, N.J.

Hazard: The cribs’ drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an infant or toddler [...]

Million Dollar Baby

Name of Product: Drop-Side cribs

Units: About 156,000

Distributor: Bexco Enterprises, Inc., d.b.a. Million Dollar Baby of Montebello, Calif.

Hazard: The cribs’ drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an infant or toddler can roll and become [...]

Seven Manufacturers Announce Recalls to Repair Cribs to Address Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards

Industry Launches New Initiative to Secure Drop Sides with Free Immobilization Devices

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), with the cooperation of seven firms, is announcing voluntary recalls of more than two million cribs to address drop-side hazards and other hazards that affect the safety of young children. The recalling firms are providing [...]

Child Craft

Name of Product: Child Craft brand “Crib ‘N’ Double Bed” full size stationary-side cribs with dowel

Manufacturer: Child Craft Industries, Inc. (Child Craft ceased operations in July of 2009 and sold the “Child Craft” name to Foundations Worldwide Inc., of Medina, Ohio) Foundations Worldwide, Inc. neither manufactured nor sold any of the cribs included [...]

Simmons Recalls to Repair Drop-Side Cribs Due to Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards

Name of Product: Simmons drop-side cribs

Units: About 50,000

Manufacturer: Simmons Juvenile Products, of New London, Wis.

Hazard: The cribs’ drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an infant or toddler can roll and become wedged or [...]

Youth Tiara Recalled by Wilton Industries Due to Lead Exposure Hazard

Name of Product: Children’s Tiara

Units: About 7,300

Importer: Wilton Industries Inc. of Woodridge, Ill.

Hazard: The tiara contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported

Description: This recall involves the Wilton® Youth Tiara with a SKU number of 120-228. [...]

LaJobi Recalls to Repair Bonavita, Babi Italia and ISSI Drop-Side Cribs Due to Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards

Name of Product: Bonavita, Babi Italia and ISSI Drop-Side Cribs

Units: About 306,000

Manufacturer: LaJobi Inc., of Cranbury, N.J.

Hazard: The cribs’ drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an infant or toddler can roll and become [...]

Campbell’s Soup Recalls “SpaghettiOs”

Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC, a Paris, Texas, establishment is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of “SpaghettiOs with Meatballs” canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall: 

14.75-ounce cans of “SpaghettiOs” with Meatballs, bearing the identifying product [...]