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Recall Details
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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April 4, 1990 |
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Release # 90-067 |
WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Media Materials, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland is voluntarily warning consumers, day care centers, school supply houses, specialty store showrooms, museums, etc. that the beads included with their Colored Beads and Laces sets could present a fatal choking hazard to young children.
The company estimates that 15,000 sets, #470, have been sold nationwide since 1984 for about $9.95 each.
The Colored Beads and Laces consist of 100 multi-colored round and square wooden pieces with holes in the middle for stringing the laces. The toy came in a white box which stated in part: "MM Media Materials...COLORED BEADS & LACES...One-Half Inch Spheres Cubes and Cylinders...CAUTION: Use with care with children under 3."
Future versions of this product will be labeled more explicitly warning consumers that the product is not for use by children under age three.
CPSC urges parents, day care operators, and other care givers who purchased the product to take steps to ensure that children under three not be allowed to use it.
Note: Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.
Related Recalls
The activity table contains a silver metal bell which can detach from its metal arch, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Screws can become loose and/or detach from the xylophone component of the activity tables, posing a choking hazard to young children.
The metal rollers on the bottom of the flying dinosaur figures contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues.
Mold can be present in the clay, posing a risk of respiratory or other infections in individuals with compromised immune systems, damaged lungs or an allergy to mold.
The base of the three animal figures can detach.
The plastic hats found on the building toy play set figures are too small for young children.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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