Fisher Price

December 14, 2007 -- Chicago – On the heels of her Dec. 3, 2007, announcement concerning red blood pressure cuffs found in Fisher-Price toy medical kits, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today warned consumers of a similar toy that presents a potential lead poisoning hazard—the green blood pressure cuff found in Sesame Street Giggle Fisher-Price toy medical kits. Madigan urges parents to take away the green blood pressure cuff toys from their children immediately.    » read more »

December 3, 2007 -- Chicago – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today warned consumers that Fisher-Price toy medical kits – specifically the red, blood pressure cuffs within the kits – contain high levels of lead. The toy kits are sold at retail stores nationwide.    » read more »

November 6, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Laugh & Learn™ Learning Kitchen™ Toys

Units: About 155,000

Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: Pieces of the faucet or the clock hands can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.    » read more »

October 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Boats

Units: About 38,000

Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal standard prohibiting lead paint on children’s toys.    » read more »

Asks for Senate Hearing to Address Growing Problem of Lead Paint in Toys

September 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today asked the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to investigate the series of toy recalls caused by lead paint in children’s toys sold in the United States. Yesterday, Mattel announced its third recall of toys manufactured in China in less than two months.    » read more »

September 5, 2007 -- Jefferson City, Mo. — Hundreds of thousands of toys made in China for major U.S. toy companies Mattel Inc. and Fisher-Price Inc. have been voluntarily recalled by the companies and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission because surface paint on the toys contain excessive levels of lead.    » read more »

September 4, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys

Units: About 8,900

Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal law prohibiting lead paint on children's toys.    » read more »