Mattel To Call Back 700,000 More Toys
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel Inc., announced yesterday that it is recalling about 700,000 toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint.
The recall covers 675,000 units of various Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured between September 30, 2006, and August 20, 2007. The action also involves 8,900 different toys involving Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys from the company’s Fisher-Price brand. Those products were sold nationwide from July 2007 through August 2007.
