Toy Recall

Ed Van Dorn

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At the beginning of this month toy manufacturer Fisher-Price announced it was recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

You may think this is old news and why is this lawyer blogging on the topic almost a month later. Good question. The answer is that experience tells us that after a story runs a news cycle or two people tend to forget the issue. The purpose of this blog is to keep it fresh in the reader's mind so any toys that may be cause safety problems to kids can be kept out of their hands.

The worldwide recall announced at the beginning of August involves 967,000 plastic toys made in China and sold in the United States between May and August. This recall underscores the safety issues surrounding many Chinese made products.

The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. David Allmark, general manager of Fisher-Price, said the problem was detected by an internal probe and reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Fisher-Price and the commission issued statements saying parents should keep suspect toys away from children and contact the company.

The Commission works with companies to issue recalls when it finds consumer goods that can be harmful. Under current regulations, children's products found to have more than .06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall. The Commission also has a website totally devoted to kids

For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.
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