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This article was recently posted on the CPSC web site. I’m glad to see that toys are safer this year, but there’s still a lot of work to do. Recalls and lead violations are down; 180,000 child injuries per year is too high It’s that time of year again, when parents, grandparents, and friends [...] Name of Product: Toy cars Units: About 1,900 Manufacturer: LM Import & Export, Inc., of Miami, Fla. Distributor: Mega Wholesales Corporation, of Miami, Fla. Hazard: Surface paint on the toy cars contains excessive levels of lead, a violation of the federal lead paint standard. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: The products are sold in packages [...]  Tags: Cars, Gallop X, lead paint, LM Import & Export, Mega Wholesales Corporation, Racing Cars, Toys Category → Lead, Toys  Leave a comment  This was quite an extensive recall. I saw it on the news, and there aren’t that many children’s product recalls that make the news.
Name of Product: Little Tikes® Workshop and Tool Sets Units: More than 1.7 million additional units (about 1.6 million toy workshop sets and trucks with the [...] Tags: choking hazard, Little Tikes, Little Tikes Workshop and Tool Sets, nails, tools, toy nails, Toys Category → Choking, Toys Leave a comment Name of Product: Little People® Builders’ Load ‘n Go Wagon Units: About 208,000 in the United States and 2,800 in Canada Importer: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y. Hazard: The back of the wagon’s plastic handle has molded-in reinforcement. This design adds stiffness and facilitates children gripping the handle. The handle poses a laceration hazard [...] Name of Product: Mini Stars building sets Units: About 18,000 (additional star building sets were recalled in September 2010) Distributor: Edushape Ltd., of Deer Park, N.Y. Hazard: Plastic knobs can break from the center of the stars, posing a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Edushape have received two reports of the [...] Tags: amazon.com, choking hazard, Edushape, Mini Stars building set, Toys, Toys R Us.com, Walmart.com Category → Amazon.com, Choking, Toys, Toys R Us, Walmart Leave a comment Name of Product: Remote-controlled toy tanks Units: About 67,000 Retailer: Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Charlotte, N.C. Importer: Family Dollar Services Inc., of Charlotte, N.C. Hazard: The tank’s controller can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: Family Dollar has received five reports of the controllers overheating and melting. No injuries [...] Name of Product: Horse-on-a-Stick Toys Units: About 8,800 Importer: Big Ideas Marketing, of Owings Mills, Md. Hazard: The reins on horse-on-a-stick toy’s bridle are long enough to form a loop around a child’s head and neck, posing a strangulation hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: CPSC has received one report of a near strangulation involving [...] Tags: Big Ideas Marketing, Horse-on-a-Stick, strangulation hazard, Toys Category → Strangulation, Toys Leave a comment Name of Product: Sand & Water Transportation Station Toys Units: About 56,000 in the United States (7,700 in Canada) Distributor: Step2 Company, of Streetsboro, Ohio Hazard: The light blue plastic wheels on the train cars can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: The Step2 ® Sand & Water [...] Tags: choking hazard, preschool, Sand & Water Transportation Station, Step2, Target, toddler, Toys Category → Toddlers, Toys Leave a comment Name of Product: Little People Play ‘n Go Campsite™ Units: About 96,000 in the United States (14,000 were sold in Canada) Importer: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y. Hazard: The plastic Sonya Lee figure in the play set can break at the waist, exposing small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: [...] Tags: choking hazard, Fisher Price, Little People, Play 'n Go Campsite, play sets, Toys Category → Toys Leave a comment Name of Product: Step2® Basic Rhythms Drums™ Units: About 21,000 Importer: The Step2 Company LLC, of Streetsboro, OH Hazard: The plastic clips used to attach the drumsticks to the drum can break. The small broken pieces present a choking to young children. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: This recall involves Step2® Basic Rhythm Drums™ intended [...] |
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