Made In China Product Recalls

Curious George Plush Dolls Recalled By Marvel Toys Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Children’s Sunglasses Recalled by Dollar General Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Hobby Lobby Stores Recalls Halloween-Themed Baskets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

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Thomas Toys Lead Paint Recall

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Merchant Law Group LLP has launched class actions in the superior courts of various provinces against the makers of “Thomas the Tank Engine” toys which are reported to have been painted with products containing lead. Continue reading “Thomas Toys Lead Paint Recall & Class Actions”

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Please select a recall from the list below and follow the link to learn about that recall. Return to this page if you are interested in learning about additional recalls. This list includes Mattel recalls announced since August 4, 1998. For general recall information on any consumer product, and for earlier Mattel recalls, please visit www.recalls.gov. The links below service recalls for U.S. and Canadian consumers only. For global recall information, please click here to look up contact information for your local Mattel office or distributor.

Toxic Toys On The Web - Forbes.com
Parents may feel a brief moment of relief when companies stop shipping toys discovered to be toxic, as they did last week when three more items made in China were added to the list of banned products. Stopping imports of the problematic toys will surely save lives and prevent trauma, right?

Recalls won’t stunt holiday toy buying: experts | U.S. | Reuters
The latest recall of hot toy item Aqua Dots may evoke an emotional response in parents, but toy experts say it won’t get in the way of fulfilling kids’ holiday wish lists.

The recall on Wednesday of 4.2 million Aqua Dots craft kits, which had made Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s list of top 12 Christmas toys, included the sensational aspect that the kits’ beads may contain a chemical similar to a “date rape” drug. When the beads are swallowed, the chemical can cause unconsciousness, respiratory depression or seizures if swallowed.

Spain joins Chinese toy recall | Reuters
Spanish authorities have ordered two Chinese-made toy kits to be recalled, following the lead of the United States and Australia, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The National Consumers Institute is recalling Aqua Dots, made by Spin Master, and a similar toy Bindeez, made by Mouse Enterprise because they could be dangerous, the ministry said. It did not say how many toys were affected by the recall.

In the United States, 4.2 million Aqua Dots craft kits were recalled because the beads could contain a chemical similar to a “date rape” drug and cause unconsciousness, respiratory depression or seizures if swallowed.

WZZM13 - China Recalls toys with lead
Toy-making giant Mattel (MAT) issued recalls Tuesday for millions of Chinese-made toys that contain magnets that can be swallowed by children or could have lead paint.

The company recalled 18.2 million toys worldwide, including 9.5 million in the the USA.

The recalls includes 7.3 million play sets in the U.S., including Polly Pocket dolls and Batman action figures, and 253,000 die cast cars that contain lead paint. The action was announced on the company’s website and at a news conference in Washington by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

China toy company chief said to kill self - International Business - MSNBC.com
The head of a Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

Massive Chinese Recalls, but FDA Silent Over RU-486 Chinese Manufacturers

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For weeks the US Food and Drug Administration has been warning the American public about tainted Chinese imports of contaminated pet food, poisonous toothpaste, and an outbreak of botulism. However the federal agency has failed thus far to issue warnings over the possible contamination of RU-486, Continue reading “Massive Chinese Recalls, but FDA Silent Over RU-486 Chinese Manufacturers”

Wal-Mart recalls animal toy sets for lead - Consumer News - MSNBC.com
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is recalling toy animals made in China because of excessive lead levels discovered since it stepped up safety testing in August, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said Friday.

Lead Paint Prompts Mattel to Recall 967,000 Toys - New York Times
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States today because the products are covered in lead paint.

Mattel issues new massive China toy recall - Consumer News - MSNBC.com
Mattel announced recalls Tuesday for 9 million more Chinese-made toys, including popular Barbie, Polly Pocket and “Cars” movie items, and warned that more could be ordered off store shelves because of lead paint and tiny magnets that could be swallowed.

The recalls came nearly two weeks after Mattel Inc., the nation’s largest toy-maker, recalled 1.5 million Fisher-Price infant toys worldwide, which were also made in China, because of possible lead-paint hazards for children.

The government warned parents to make sure children are not playing with any of the recalled toys.

UPDATE 1-Aqua Dots head parade of further US toy recalls | News | Regulatory News | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - About 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots toys were recalled for possibly containing a “date rape” drug, U.S. safety officials said on Wednesday after earlier announcing another batch of toy recalls for unacceptably high levels of lead.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the Aqua Dots craft toys include a chemical, 1,4 butanediol, on their beads which, if swallowed, can turn toxic and cause unconsciousness, respiratory depression, or seizures.

The Aqua Dots toys made Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) list of top 12 Christmas toys and have been sold at major U.S. retail stores since April for between $17 and $30.

Australian officials issued a nation-wide ban on a similar toy after three children were hospitalized.

Also on Wednesday, the CPSC issued recalls for about 403,000 toys with paint containing excessive levels of lead, including 380,000 toy cars sold at Dollar General stores.

Other warnings were for Dizzy Ducks music boxes, Winnie-the-Pooh spinning tops, “Big Red” wagons, Dragster and Funny Car toys, and Duck Family collectible wind-up toys, all because of paint with unsafe levels of lead.

Recalls involving millions of mostly Chinese-made toys, the majority over lead in their paint,

Cub Scout badge is latest lead recall - Los Angeles Times
Cub Scout badge is latest lead recall

The Chinese-made item joins a long list of recalled products. The “Progress Toward Ranks” badge is earned by 7- and 8-year-old boys.
Cub Scouts across the country are being asked to hand in some of their badges after the Boy Scouts of America announced Friday that more than a million of the Chinese-made items contained potentially hazardous levels of lead paint.

“No illness related to the product has been reported to us,” said Gregg Shields, the Boy Scouts’ national spokesman. “We’re just trying Continue reading “Cub Scout badge is latest lead recall - Los Angeles Times”