Suzie
08-02-2007, 04:15 PM
Fisher-Price to Recall Nearly 1M Toys
Wednesday August 1, 7:51 pm ET
By Anne D'Innocenzio and Natasha T. Metzler, Associated Press Writers <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="4"><tbody><tr><td height="4">
</td></tr></tbody></table>Fisher-Price to Recall Almost a Million Toys Worldwide Because of Lead in Paint WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
More here (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070801/toy_recall.html?.v=10)
Wonder who will get executed this time?
Wednesday August 1, 7:51 pm ET
By Anne D'Innocenzio and Natasha T. Metzler, Associated Press Writers <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="4"><tbody><tr><td height="4">
</td></tr></tbody></table>Fisher-Price to Recall Almost a Million Toys Worldwide Because of Lead in Paint WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
More here (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070801/toy_recall.html?.v=10)
Wonder who will get executed this time?