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Toymaker Schylling Associates, which makes classic toys including many with the Curious George and Thomas & Friends brands, was accused of knowingly selling tens of thousands of its products that ...
Mattel at the time was the world's biggest toy company, [citation needed] and several weeks earlier had recalled toys based on Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street and Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer, due to lead paint it blamed on Lee Der. [18] Before hanging himself, he paid off all his 5,000 staff. [citation needed]
Giving a remote control car for Christmas this year? Double check the brand.
Mattel identified Lee Der Industrial company as the main supplier of the lead paint-tainted toys. [4] China immediately suspended the company's export license which had a devastating effect on the company's business. [4] According to press reports, Lee Der Industrial stood to lose as much as $30 million due to the Fisher-Price toy recall ...
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) is releasing its report on the most dangerous recalled toys of the year. The scariest part? These toys may still be available to purchase.
Worldwide: June: The Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway toys were recalled due to risks of lead poisoning from the paint used on the train cars and locomotives included in the toys. [24] An additional recall was also conducted in September 2007. [25]
Retail giant Target was hit with a $600,000 penalty by by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for importing and selling hundreds of thousands of toys with excessive levels of lead paint ...
The year 2007 was called the “Year of the Recall” by some CPSC-watchers in the United States. The CPSC worked with manufacturers and importers on a record 473 voluntary recalls that year, [34] and other U.S. federal agencies promoted other widely noted recalls. CPSC recalls included many incidents with lead in toys and other children’s ...