The CPSC recalled Beeni Baby hats due to a baby can spit up during use posing as an asphyxiation hazard.  The hats are made of cotton and spandex. They have two straps sewn to the sides and a removable plastic pacifier holder. The hat is available in several sizes and styles including blue, green, pink, flower print, blue stripe and blue print. There is a Model number (125867) sewn on a tag into the back inner rim of the cap.   Consumers should immediately stop using the hats and contact Kahn Enterprises to receive a full refund. Kahn Enterprises will provide consumers with a postage paid label to return the product.

For additional information, email Kahn Enterprises at info@beeni-kids.com, visit the firm’s website at www.beeni.net or call the firm collect at (612) 310-4053.

Kahn Enterprises will provide consumers with a postage paid label to return the product.  Do you know of any other recalls to report? 

A plastic Bowling Game (Toy Story 3) has been recalled because the red paint used on the bowling pins has been measured to have lead in excess of the maximum allowable level of 90 ppm, a violation of the federal lead paint standard. 

This recall affects Toy Story 3 Bowling Game Rugs with a batch marking of JA 148.

The package contains six white plastic bowling pins with two red stripes painted on the necks, one black plastic ball, and a 68 inch x 26 inch nylon game rug with a print of the character Buzz Lightyear on the front. The batch marking JA 148 appears on the bottom front of the packaging just above the bar code, and is also located on the tag attached to the rug.

The toy manufactured in China was sold at Walmart Stores in the U.S. between September 1, 2010 and September 25, 2010 for about $18.

Please Do NOT let your kids or pets suck on these plastic pins!

Consumers should stop using the bowling pins immediately and contact the manufacturer for a free replacement set.  For additional information, contact G.A. Gertmenian and Sons LLC toll-free at (888) 224-4181

Red Paint Stripes on bowling pins

Nestle, the manufacturer of the popular diet meal, Lean Cuisine is recalling more than 10,000 pounds of the meatball and spaghetti entree because it may contain plastic pieces in the meal.  Plastic is a good deterrent but that’s no way to shed pounds!

How did so many tainted meatball meals pass their quality control? When a factory is turning out so many meals, it should have a quality control line that is top notched.  Nestle corporate quality people will be putting their Corrective Action and Preventive Action  (CAPA)  Plan into effect on this one to assure that no more plastic slips through the cracks.  The FDA will be following up on their CAPA plan. 

No injuries have been reported.    Please throw the meatballs out! And call for a refund. 

Please call or email Nestle with Questions.   Roz O’Hearn, Nestlé USA, (440) 264-5170, roz.ohearn@us.nestle.com  or Laurie MacDonald, Nestlé USA, (818) 549-6235, laurie.macdonald@us.nestle.com

The CPSC has issued a voluntary recall of the Sassy refreshing red rings used as an infant teethers. Reported incident of parts of the soft balls at the end of the rattle coming apart and pose as a choking and ingestion hazard. No infants have been reported injured, but the company is instituting the voluntary recall just in case. The company is based in, Michigan. The teethers are made in China.

 The teether is meant for babies three months or older and has a red, water-filled ring on one end and a black and white polka dot ball on the other end. The two ends of the rattles/teethers are connected by a black and white, flexible plastic rod with three floating rings. The plastic ball can detach from the Refreshing Rings. This happens when a child chews on it, and since it’s intended as a teether, it obviously poses a threat. The teethers/rattles were sold for about $5 at mass merchandise and baby specialty shops across the U.S. from July 2009 through January 2011. Sassy Inc. said consumers who have this product should immediately discontinue its use and contact Sassy, Inc. to return it and receive a free replacement toy.

The CPSC warns that it is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

For additional information, contact Sassy Inc. at (800) 323-6336 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.sassybaby.com    

Sassy Refreshing Teether / Rattle Recalled

The CPSC in cooperation with Dollar Tree announced Thursday a recall of 682,000 lanterns shaped like pumpkins, ghosts and skulls due to fire and burn hazards.

The problem is the bulb in the battery-operated lanterns can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.

Several Dollar Stores nationwide sold the lanterns. You can return them for a full refund.

For additional information, contact Dollar Tree Stores Inc. at (800) 876-8077 (800) 876-8077      between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.dollartree.com

Dollar Tree Recalls Halloween Lanterns

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Fisher-Price recalled several toys named below. Consumers should stop using the recalled products with inflatable balls due to choking hazard.  About 2.8 million were sold in the US. 

CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 46 reports of incidents where the valve came off in the US and eight incidents were reported in Canada. These include 14 reports of the valve found in a child’s mouth and three reports of a child beginning to choke. No injuries have been reported.

Name of Recalled Products: Baby Playzone™ Crawl & Cruise Playground™, Baby Playzone™ Crawl & Slide Arcade™, Baby Gymtastics™ Play Wall, Ocean Wonders™ Kick & Crawl™ Aquarium (C3068 and H8094), 1-2-3 Tetherball™, Bat & Score Goal™

 CPSC & Fisher-Price Recalls Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs Due to Laceration Hazard

About 950,000 Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs sold in the U.S. and 125,000 in Canada have been recalled because children can fall on or against the pegs on the rear legs of the high chair resulting in injuries or lacerations. The pegs are used for high chair tray storage.

CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 14 reports of incidents, including seven reports of children requiring stitches and one tooth injury. One of these incidents was reported in Canada.

Consumers should stop using these products immediately and contact Fisher-Price for instructions and a free repair kit.  For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437

Fisher Price High Chair

Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl

Baat & Score Goal

Baby Playzone Crawl and Cruise Playground

1-2-3 Tetherball

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Baby-Playzone-Crawl-Slide-Arcade

Step2 Transportation Station Toys were recalled due to choking hazards. 

The Land of Nod Vegetable Toys were recalled Due to Laceration Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named above announced a voluntary recall of their two products.

The Land of Nod “Play With Your Veggies” toys were recalled because the metal wire in the toy asparagus can become exposed, posing a laceration hazard to children.  The firm had received a report of an exposed wire in the asparagus. No injuries have been reported.  The recall involved The Land of Nod toy vegetables sets made of felt wool. The toy set has six vegetables: radish, onion, asparagus, tomato, lettuce and carrot. The asparagus is the only toy vegetable involved in this recall.  The toys were sold at the Land of Nod stores in Illinois and Washington, the Land of Nod catalog and www.landofnod.com from October 2007 through February 2010 for about $25. 

For additional information, contact The Land of Nod at (800) 933-9904 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 

Step2 Recalls Children’s Transportation Station Toys Due to Choking Hazard

The Step2 Company’s Sand & Water Transportation Station Toys (about 56,000 units in US and 7,700 in Canada) were recalled because the light blue plastic wheels on the train cars can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The Sand & Water Transportation Station is a standalone play station for children ages two and up. The toy station consists of: a round blue plastic table, including train tracks, train cars in blue, red and yellow, toy sailboats and a hand rake/shovel. A red Step2 logo decal is on the side of the table. Train cars with grey wheels are not included in this recall.

The toy was sold at Target and other major retailers, specialty stores and by online retailers from December 2008 through June 2010 for between $49 and $59.  For additional information, contact Step2 at (800) 347-8372 

The CPSC announced the voluntary recall of 30,000 Nap Nanny® portable baby recliners. CPSC is investigating a report of a 4-month-old girl from Royal Oak, Mich. who died in a Nap Nanny® that was being used in a crib. According to preliminary reports, the infant was in her harness and found hanging over the side of the product, caught between the Nap Nanny® and the crib bumper.

CPSC and Baby Matters are aware of one other incident in which an infant became entrapped when the Nap Nanny® was used in a crib, contrary to the product instructions. In that incident, the infant fell over the side of the Nap Nanny®, despite being harnessed in, and was caught between the baby recliner and the side of the crib. The infant sustained a cut to the forehead.

CPSC and the firm have received 22 reports of infants, primarily younger than 5-months-old, hanging or falling out over the side of the Nap Nanny® despite most of the infants being placed in the harness. One infant received a bruise as a result of hanging over the side of the product.

Infants can partially fall or hang over the side of the Nap Nanny® even while the harness is in use. This situation can be worse if the Velcro™ straps, located inside the Nap Nanny® cover are not properly attached to the “D”-rings located on the foam, or if consumers are using the first generation model Nap Nanny® that was sold without “D”-rings.

In addition, if the Nap Nanny® is placed inside a crib, play yard or other confined area, which is not a recommended use, the infant can fall or hang over of the side of the Nap Nanny® and become entrapped between the crib side and the Nap Nanny® and suffocate.

Likewise, if the Nap Nanny® is placed on a table, countertop, or other elevated surface and a child falls over the side, it poses a risk of serious head injury. Consumers should always use the Nap Nanny® on the floor away from any other products.

The recalled Nap Nannys® were sold at toy and children’s retail stores nationwide and online, including at www.napnanny.com, from January 2009 through July 2010 for about $130.

The recalled product was manufactured in the United States and China.

For more information, contact Baby Matters toll-free at (888) 240-4282 or visit the firm’s website at www.napnanny.com/recall

Nap Nanny

The U.S. CPSC announced a voluntary recall of Kariño Baby Pacifiers. Consumers should stop using the pacifiers immediately because the nipple can separate from the base easily.  In addition, the pacifier handle is too long, the mouth guard is too small and there are no ventilation holes on the mouth guard. The pacifier could pose a choking and aspiration hazard to young children.  The pacifiers were made in Mexico.  About 44,900 pacifiers were distributed by Antonio Flores, of San Ysidro, Calif and sold at independent grocery stores in California and Texas from October 2009 through March 2010.

“Kariño” is printed on the handle side of the mouth guard, and “Mygra” is printed on one side of the handle. The nipple is filled with corn syrup.

More children’s jewelry containing the dangerous metal cadmium made the recall list this week.  “Happy” charm bracelets and football rings that were handed out at doctor and dentist offices around the country for the past five years were recalled by SmileMakers Inc., of Spartanburg, S.C. 

The jewelry contains high levels of cadmium, which is toxic if ingested by children and can cause adverse health effects.  About 66,200 charm bracelets and 2,200 rings made in China were recalled. 

The “Happy” charm bracelet is comprised of colorful beads on a small elastic band to which a metal charm in the shape of a butterfly, moon or sun is attached. The football ring is a small adjustable metal band to which a football charm (made of metal) is attached.

For more information call SmileMakers at 877-390-5470  or visit http://www.smilemakers.com.

For information about any recall can be found on the Consumer Product Safety Commission website at http://www.cpsc.gov.        

Charm Bracelets Recalled

Football Rings Recalled

The CPSC recalled this week baby walkers because they can fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or killed due to falling. 

No injuries or incidents have been reported, but the CPSC is urging consumers to stop using the walkers immediately and return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund.

The recalled walkers are intended for babies 6 months and older.  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP.org) has recommended that walkers be banned from the market, and they are banned in Canada. Consumer Reports does not consider walkers a safe option. Baby walkers that don’t meet the nationally recognized stair-fall safety standard (like the model in this recall) continue to be sold and recalled in the U.S.   Consumer reports agree that walkers can pose a safety hazard—even if they meet the safety standard.

The simple fact remains: Babies in walkers can move with surprising speed, and as long as the walkers have wheels, no standard or testing can make them safe.

The baby walkers have a plastic frame supported by four wheels and eight brake pads. The walkers were sold in blue, pink, and green with a white activity tray and patterned, vinyl seat. 

The walkers were sold at small juvenile product stores in California, Illinois, New York and Texas from January 2007 through December 2009 for between $25 and $30 and were manufactured in China and imported by  Suntech Enterprises Inc., of Commerce, Calif.

For additional information, contact Suntech Enterprises toll-free at (888) 268-8139  between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.

Baby Walkers Recalled

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of children’s belts sold by Target due high lead paint content in the buckle.

About 100, 000 children’s belts that were imported from China by Target and sold nationwide  for about eight dollars apiece have been recalled. 

The recall involves Cherokee boys’ belts and Circo girls’ belts. The boys’ belts are reversible, brown and black belts, which were sold in packs of two with the numbers 202/08/0018, 202/08/0019 or 202/08/0020 embossed on the belt.

The girls’ belts were sold in pink and white with heart-shaped buckles in packs of two. The girls’ belts are embossed with the number 202/05/0071, 202/05/0072, 202/05/0073 or 202/05/0074.

The CPSC said Ikea has issued a voluntary recall of three Roman, Roll-Up and Roller blinds considered dangerous to children because of the lack of a pre-fitted tension device. This recall involves roller blinds that do not have a tension device attached to the bead chain.

This recall expands from three previous recalls In November 2008, August 2009 and October 2009.   Ikea has added its name to the retailers joining the voluntary recall announced in December 2009 of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds.

Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck. An additional hazard exists when the Roman blind has a continuous looped bead chain that if not attached to the wall or floor, which poses a strangulation hazard to children.

The CPSC and IKEA received a new report of a 1 ½-year old boy in Lowell, Massachusetts who suffered a near strangulation in February 28, 2010. On April 4, 2008, a 1-year old girl in Greenwich, Conn. became entangled in the inner cord of an IKEA Roman blind and strangled. CPSC and IKEA also received a report of a 2-year old boy who suffered a near strangulation. The last two incidents prompted previous recalls.

The roller blinds were sold at IKEA stores nationwide from January 1998 through June 2009 for between $5 and $55.

It’s important to examine all shades and blinds in your home. Make sure there are no accessible cords on the front, side, or back of the product. CPSC recommends the use of cordless window coverings in all homes where children live or visit.

Roller Blind Hazard

Strangulation hazard to children

Roller Blind with tension in Recall

Recalled Roller Blinds with Loop Chain Hazard

CPSC today announced Bayside Furnishings has voluntary recalled Twin Trundle beds sold exclusively at Costco.  This is the second recall from Bayside Furnishings on the Pirates of the Caribbean youth beds line.  These beds look like a Pirate ship and have toy chests in the bow of a boat, as well as the stern.  

The storage bin poses a hazard entrapment of a child’s head.   A 4-year old boy sustained bruises on his back and ears after his head became entrapped.   The headboard of the youth bed bearing the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trademark embossed on a metal plate has three storage compartments, a storage bin and a mast. 

The beds manufactured in China were sold at Costco nationwide from January 2006 through January 2010.    Consumers should immediately stop using the headboard storage bin and contact the firm to receive a free repair kit that will permanently close the headboard storage bin.

In 2008 Bayside Furnishings recalled a youth bed toy chest sold at Costco after the death of a 22-month-old child. LaJolla Boat Bed and Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Beds were included in this recall. 

As your little one becomes curious about his surroundings and begins to explore with eagerness, please inspect your child’s surroundings for unsafe toys and the toy boxes that house them.  Toy boxes can be hazardous when a child’s head becomes stuck between the toy box and the lid cutting off air supply.

Navigate your child away from this fun but potentially hazardous product, and look for smoother sailing throughout their childhood. 

For more information on the latest recall review the CPSC web site  .

Bayside Pirates of Caribbean Trundle Bed

 McDonald’s has recalled at least 14 million “Shrek”-themed drinking glasses  after consumers were warned to stop using them because they contain the toxic metal cadmium.

Cadmium was found in the painted design of the movie characters on the glassware, which McDonald’s outlets sold for about $2 each, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Canada’s health ministry Health Canada.