CPSC

June 26, 2015
Northern Tool + Equipment has issued a recall for the Little Digger Toy, a stationary scooper toy with moveable poles and a red painted steel frame that turns out to contain levels of lead in excess of federal law.  The toy was sold from August 2014 through June 2015 under the Wel-Bilt Brand. Consumers are urged to immediately stop using the toy, put it out of the reach...
May 27, 2014
Classic Concepts has issued a recall of Aman trunks, sold exclusively at Cost Plus World Market, because the surface coating paint on the interior metal chains contain lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard. The wooden storage trunk measures 38 inches wide by 18 inches high by 18 inches deep and stands on four carved wooden feet, with metal handles on the sides for...
March 20, 2014
Minga Fair Trade Imports has issued a recall of wooden flipping acrobat toys because the surface paint contains lead in excess of federal standards.  The recalled flipping acrobat toys are made of painted wood and are 8.5 inches tall.  The toys consist of two rectangular wooden sticks connected by a wood crosspiece near one end and a coyote, super hero, woodpecker or...
CPSIA
CPSC, CPSIA, Lead, Toys
December 3, 2013
Officials with the Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently seized shipments of potentially hazardous toys, NJToday reported. Last month, CBP officers intercepted two shipments arriving from China of toy dolls, cosmetic sets, fire trucks and tractors that included excessive amounts of lead and potential choking...
CPSIA
June 10, 2013
Hung Lam, 55, and Isabella Kit Yeung, 37, both of Miami-Dade County, and Florida corporations LM Import-Export, Inc. (LM), Lam’s Investment Corp. (LIC), and LK Toys Corporation, (LK) were sentenced for violations regarding the smuggling of hazardous children’s products from China, officials announced last month. According to court documents, Lam, LM, LIC, and LK...
CPSIA
February 14, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its final rule today regarding phthalates in inaccessible component parts in children’s toys and child care articles.  The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) permanently prohibits the sale of any “children's toy or child care article” containing more than 0.1 percent of three...
CPSIA
August 5, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has amended existing regulations regarding exclusions from the strict lead limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). With the amendments, consumer products are now exempt from the CPSIA lead limits if: The product, material, or component part requires lead because it is not practicable or...
CPSIA
September 27, 2012
Captain Cutlass Pirate Pistol Toys are being recalled due to their surface paints containing levels of lead that exceed federal safety standards.  The toys were sold at Halloween and specialty stores nationwide from April 2008 through May 2012.  Consumers are advised to stop using the product and contact Dillon Importing for instructions on returning the product for...
CPSIA