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Imported Toys and Jewelry Recall

To understand how dangerous products continue to cross U.S. borders and flood stores and vending machines across the nation, Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Ranking Member Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) sent comprehensive information requests to nineteen different companies. Each of the companies had imported toys or children’s jewelry that had to be recalled in 2007 because the items’ paint or metallic content exceeded lead safety standards. In total, the nineteen importers were responsible for over 9 million recalled children’s items. In all but one instance, the products were imported from China.
Read Aug. 23, 2007, News Release

The letters and responses are listed below:

A & A Global Industries: view response »
Army and Air Force Exchange Service: view response »
Cardinal Distributing Co.: view response »
Claire's Boutiques, Inc.: view response »
Crimzon Rose Accessories: view response »
Discount School Supply: view response »
Dollar General Merchandising, Inc.: view response »
GeoCentral: view response »
Mattel Inc.: view response »
Oriental Trading Company: view response »
RC2 Corporation: view response »
Regent Products Corp.: view response »
Rhode Island Novelty: view response »
Shalom International: view response »
Spandrel Sales and Marketing, Inc.: view response »
Target Corporation: view response »
The Boyds Collection Ltd.: view response »
Tween Brands, Inc.: view response »
United Imports Inc.: view response »

For more information on items that have been recalled, please see the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls and Product Safety News Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html.