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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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Innovage Recalls Discovery Kids Lamps Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

Name of Product: Discovery Kids™ Animated Marine and Safari Lamps

Units: About 300,000

Importer: Innovage LLC, of Foothill Ranch, Calif.

Hazard: The placement of internal wires near the circuit board can cause electrical short-circuiting and sparking, posing a fire and a burn hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Innovage has received 11 reports of short circuiting. [...]

Toy Truck Gifts with Purchase Recalled by Happy Shirts Due to Fire Hazard

Sold Exclusively at Kohl’s

Name of Product: Toy truck gifts with boy’s t-shirts

Units: About 9,000

Importer/Distributor: Happy Shirts, of Honolulu, Hawaii

Hazard: Connections in the toy trucks battery compartment can smolder or catch the trucks on fire, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Happy Shirts has received one report of [...]

BJ’s Recalls LED Flashlight Sets Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

Hmm… they may want to rethink that product name.  “Fire” and “Burn” aren’t exactly what comes to mind when I hear the name “Safeto Go”.

Name of Product: LED Flashlight and Battery Set

Units: About 41,000

Importer: BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc., of Westborough, Mass.

Hazard: The flashlights can heat up, smoke or [...]

Toasters Recalled by Hamilton Beach Due to Fire Hazard

Kids shouldn’t be playing with toasters anyway, but in case you’re lucky enough to have a kid who actually makes his own breakfast, you’ll want to keep them away from this one.

Name of Product: Hamilton Beach® classic chrome 2-slice toasters

Units: About 14,000

Importer: Hamilton Beach Brands Inc., of Glen [...]

Halloween Projection Flashlights Recalled by Nygala Corp. Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

Name of Product: Halloween Projection Flashlights

Units: About 10,000

Importer: Nygala Corp., of Teterboro, N.J.

Hazard: The flashlights can overheat, blister and melt, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one reported incident involving a flashlight that overheated, blistered and melted.

Description: The black and orange plastic flashlight is [...]

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 [...]

Christmas Tree Shops Recall Animated Safari and Aquarium Lamps Due to Fire and Shock Hazards

Name of Product: Animated Safari and Aquarium Lamps

Units: About 35,000

Importer: Nantucket Distributing Co. Inc., of Middleboro, Mass.

Retailer: Christmas Tree Shops, of Union, NJ

Hazard: Defective wiring in the lamps can cause an electrical short, posing fire and shock hazards to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Christmas Tree Shops has received three reports of sparking. [...]

Walmart Recalls GE Food Processors Due to Laceration and Fire Hazard

Okay, I know that technically food processors aren’t children’s products, but I know a lot of kids help out in the kitchen, so I thought it was appropriate to list.

Name of Product: General Electric® Food Processors

Units: About 255,000

Importer: Walmart Stores Inc., of Bentonville, Ark.

Hazard: The safety interlock system on the [...]

UJ Trading Recalls Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters Due to Fire Hazard

Name of Product: Danbar Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters

Units: About 18,500 (previously recalled in January 2010)

Distributor: UJ Trading, of Houston, Texas

Hazard: The battery housing under the helicopter canopy can overheat while charging, posing a fire hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported by UJ Trading.

Description: This recall involves Danbar Toys Knight Hawk remote control [...]

Circo Children’s Camping Combo Pack Recalled Due to Fire Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target Stores

Name of Product: Circo Children’s Space Camp Combo Pack

Units: 1,500

Importer: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: The floor of the tent failed a flammability test and poses a fire hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: None.

Description: The recall involves one model of the Circo Space Combo pack, which includes a children’s tent, sleeping bag, backpack [...]