Discount School Supply Recalls Sorting Boards Due to Ingestion Risk and Excessive Lead Levels

Discount School Supply has issued a recall of its Excellerations™ magnetic color sorting boards.  The magnet in the wand can detach and the plywood backing can crack to release small metal balls.  Swallowing a magnet and/or a metal ball poses a serious choking and internal injury risk.  The surface paint on the metal balls also contains levels of lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard.  The boards were sold through discountschoolsupply.com from January 2013 through March 2014.

The sorting boards are 16 inches wide and 12 inches high, with six cupcake cut-outs and one jar-shaped cut-out.  A clear plastic cover is attached to the board with rivets, and beneath the cover are about 60 multi-colored metal balls, each one about 1 cm in diameter.  A 4-inch long wand with a magnet on one end is attached to the board by a 13.5 inch plastic cord.  Discount School Supply has received six reports of the plywood back cracking and making the metal balls accessible to children, and two reports of the magnet detaching from the wand.  No injuries have been reported.

Consumers are advised to immediately stop children from using the board and put it out of their reach and sight before contacting the company for a full refund.  Contact Discount School Supply at (800) 338-4430 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or online at www.discountschoolsupply.com.

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