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Barbie accessories part of latest Mattel recall
Lead paint may be on several hundred thousand Chinese-made goods
Updated: 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
Mattel Inc., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced late Tuesday that it is recalling more than 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint.
The recall covers 675,000 units of various Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured between Sept. 30, 2006, and Aug. 20, 2007. The action also involves 90,000 units of Geo Trax Locomotive Toys and 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company’s Fisher-Price brand. The Big Big World products were sold at retailers nationwide from July through August of this year, while the Geo Trax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year.
The announcement marks Mattel’s third major recall of Chinese-made toys because of lead paint in a a month.
Lead paint may be on several hundred thousand Chinese-made goods
Updated: 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
Mattel Inc., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced late Tuesday that it is recalling more than 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint.
The recall covers 675,000 units of various Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured between Sept. 30, 2006, and Aug. 20, 2007. The action also involves 90,000 units of Geo Trax Locomotive Toys and 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company’s Fisher-Price brand. The Big Big World products were sold at retailers nationwide from July through August of this year, while the Geo Trax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year.
The announcement marks Mattel’s third major recall of Chinese-made toys because of lead paint in a a month.
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