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 »

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: Geo Trax Locomotive Toys

Units: About 90,000

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

Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive levels of lead.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.    » read more »

August 10, 2007 -- INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter is urging parents to check their children’s toys in the wake of the Fisher-Price announcement recalling 1.5 million Chinese-made toys worldwide. Last week, Fisher-Price and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urged consumers to remove certain toys from their homes due to potentially dangerous lead poisoning hazards.    » read more »

August 2, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms 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: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children’s toys

Units: About 967,000

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

August 7, 2007 -- The Texas Office of the Attorney General is urging Texas consumers to stop using certain toys after Fisher-Price and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall due to potential lead poisoning hazards. Texans are urged to remove these toys from their homes and contact Fisher-Price to learn more about replacing the recalled products.    » read more »

Edwards: Fisher-Price Toy Recall Highlights Need for New Steps To Safeguard Children From The Importation Of Unsafe Toys Or Goods

Aug 3, 2007 -- Chapel Hill, North Carolina – In the wake of a flurry of safety recalls of imported toys and other goods, particularly from China, Sen. John Edwards called on leaders in Washington to take immediate steps to reduce the growing risk posed by unsafe trade and ensure the health and welfare of American consumers.    » read more »

Almost 1 million plastic toys recalled this week

August 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today called on Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye and Vice Chairman Ted Stevens to move forward his Lead Free Toys Act of 2007 (S. 1306). This legislation would protect our children from products containing lead. In the letter, Obama raises concerns about the serious and growing issue of lead-contaminated products and requests the Committee’s urgent attention to his bill.    » read more »

August 2, 2007 -- [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – United States Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), sent a letter today to Nancy Nord, Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), asking her to assess, within seven days, whether the United States should detain and inspect all children’s products from China that contain paint. This letter follows yesterday’s announcement that nearly 1 million units of popular Fisher-Price toys were recalled due to toxic levels of lead found on the painted toys.    » read more »

August 2, 2007 -- [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) issued the following statement tonight, after Fisher Price announced the recall of nearly 1 million units of popular children’s toys:

“Sadly, this is the most recent in a series of disturbing recalls of children’s toys. While the toys may be different, they have one thing in common – they were manufactured in China.”    » read more »