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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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Target Recalls Step Stools with Storage Due to Fall Hazard

Name of Product: Step Stools with Storage

Units: About 206,000

Importer: Target Corporation, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: The wooden step stools can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user, posing a fall hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 26 reports of the stools breaking or collapsing. Fourteen incidents involved children, seven involved [...]

Bravo Sports Recalls Disney-Branded Pogo Sticks Due to Fall and Laceration Hazards

Name of Product: Pogo sticks

Units: About 159,000

Distributor: Bravo Sports of Santa Fe Springs, Calif

Note: Disney licensed its brand name to Bravo Sports

Hazard: The bottom rubber tip attached to the pogo stick frame can wear out prematurely, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Also, the end caps on the handlebars can [...]

Target Recalls Children’s Task Lamps Due to Laceration and Fire Hazards

Name of Product: Circo Children’s Task Lamps

Units Sold: Approximately 13,000

Importer: Target Corporation, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: Lamps can overheat, causing the adhesive inside the lamp socket to melt and migrate into the bulb area of the socket. The cooled glue can adhere to the light bulb base and make the bulb difficult [...]

Mizuno USA Inc. Recalls Baseball and Softball Gloves Due to Presence of Mold

Since my kids don’t play baseball or softball, I don’t know if the following post is applicable to kids, but it doesn’t hurt to include it, right?  I always prefer to air on the side of caution when it comes to kids.

Name of Product: Mizuno Supreme Series and Ballpark Pro baseball and [...]

Target Recalls Infant Girls Sandals Due to Choking Hazard

Name of Product: Circo Aloma Infant Girls Sandals

Units: About 51,700

Importer: Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: The decorative plastic flowers can detach, posing a choking hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: Target has received eight reports of the decorative flowers detaching from the sandals. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recalled infant girls sandals are white [...]

Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products Issues Voluntary Allergen Recall of Market Pantry Snickerdoodles Cookies Due to Undeclared Whey (Milk)

Contact: Ralcorp 1-888-421-4699

Target Guest Relations 1-800-316-6151  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 6th, 2011 – DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. of Downers Grove, Illinois is recalling Target Market Pantry Snickerdoodles Cookies marked by the following lot code numbers:

110592W03 110933W03 110941W03 111152W03 111232W03

The lot code [...]

Children’s Scooters Recalled by Kiddieland Due to Laceration Hazard

Name of Product: Lights and Sounds Children’s Scooters

Units: About 16,000 in the United States and 700 in Canada

Manufacturer: Kiddieland Toys Limited, of Scituate, Mass.

Hazard: A child’s finger can get caught in the hinge mechanism between the steering column and the platform, posing a laceration hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Kiddieland have received [...]

Disney Princess Plastic Trikes Recalled by Kiddieland Due to Laceration Hazard

Name of Product: Disney Princess Plastic Racing Trikes

Units: About 9,000 in the U.S. and 700 in Canada

Manufacturer: Kiddieland Toys Limited, of Scituate, Mass.

Hazard: The plastic castle display and the princess figures protruding from the top of the handle bar pose a laceration hazard if a child falls on it.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC [...]