Category: toys

TOY RECALLS | Fisher-Price recalls millions of toys over safety hazards

trippfirm / Posted on October 1, 2010 /

NATIONAL – According to the Houston Chronicle (10/1, Lee) reports, “Local retailers pulled Fisher-Price tricycles, high chairs and toys from their shelves Thursday after the company announced a recall of more than 10 million products because of safety hazards. .. The recall is the largest for toys since Congress gave” the US Consumer Product Safety Commission…

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Mattel to pay $2.3 million civil penalty for lead in toys

trippfirm / Posted on June 8, 2009 /

The Chicago Tribune reported, “Toymaker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead.” The fine is the result of ” part of a settlement the companies reached with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced Friday that “the…

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