| A high incidence of toy recalls have hit the U.S. through | | | | death. The item has been distributed only at Family |
| the last ten years. Either legally brought in and | | | | Dollar Stores. Item numbers affected in this recall are |
| counterfeit "brand name" toys and games have been | | | | P238 and 9328. Again, this merchandise was built in |
| ushered in to the U.S. constructed in China and Taiwan, | | | | China. Consumers may take back the guns to any of |
| some of the worst of the perpetrators. From 1960 to | | | | the retail stores for a refund of your money.. |
| 1990 there were many products from different | | | | Discount School Supply released a voluntary recall |
| countries which included the U.S. which were required | | | | cooperating with the Consumer Protection Safety |
| to issue recalls. With U.S. manufacturing specifications | | | | Commission for roughly three thousand units of |
| revamped as to specifications for merchandise sales, | | | | "Double Egg Shakers", a cheap package of a pair of |
| much of the recall concern shifted to imported items. | | | | play eggs that produce various noises. The red |
| Today, consumer protection agencies carry massive | | | | colored eggs contain excessive amounts of lead, |
| databases of recalled products, with the main supplier | | | | violating United States health and safety specifications. |
| of them being China. Then there are the U.S. | | | | The toys were made in Taiwan and were offered for |
| companies that compound those issues with their own | | | | about $3.00 at Discount School Supply retailers from |
| importation regulations and absence of quality testing. | | | | April 2009 to December 2009. |
| These kinds of toys carry danger from choking to lead | | | | Imagine Nation Books Ltd./Books Are Fun, based in |
| exposure and every thing in between. These are just | | | | Boulder, Colorado has issued a voluntary recall of the |
| a few examples of toy danger recalls today. | | | | "Fly Dragonfly" toy helicopter. Before the recall 49 |
| Rhino Toys, a California based corporation has issued | | | | accounts of the rechargeable battery in the toy |
| a recall of approximately 5500 packages of "Beado | | | | overheating were obtained. Six reported flames |
| Handheld Bead Play Toys". These are toys | | | | coming out of the helicopter. The toy additionally goes |
| manufactured in China and imported into the U.S. by | | | | by the name "Queen Bee" and they have a SKU# of |
| the company. They are manufactured with very low | | | | 51727. The Fly Dragonfly was offered in gift fairs in |
| quality control requirements that have caused wires | | | | schools, office buildings and hospitals for approximately |
| holding small beads to the toys to dislodge given that | | | | $38.00. The toy was made in China. |
| they have not been put together with adequate | | | | These are just some of a large list (kept by multiple |
| adhesive. This has resulted in the toys being labeled as | | | | consumer agencies) of toy hazard recalls that carry |
| a "choking hazard' for young children. The affected | | | | some threat to being outright hazardous that are built in |
| batch of toys carries a model number of 1501 and are | | | | China. Before you pick up built in China, it would be a |
| code dated 02910 0432A. The toys sell at niche toy | | | | good idea to check out any of the consumer defense |
| stores for approximately $12. | | | | agencies prior to supplying it to your young child. If you |
| Family Dollar Stores Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina, | | | | discover you have any toy or game that might be |
| introduced a recall of 1,800,000 toy dart gun packages | | | | hazardous, discard it or return it right away to the |
| because of a choking risk. This because of the | | | | store. It is unlawful to resell any item that has been |
| asphyxiation fatalities of a 9 year old Chicago child and | | | | officially declared hazardous and has been recalled by |
| a ten year old Wisconsin boy. The darts being very | | | | either a federal government agency or cooperatively |
| soft and easily bent, if stuck in the mouth of a small | | | | by a business. |
| child can be inhaled into the throat causing choking | | | | |