Target Recalls Children's Toy Gardening Tools and Chairs Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
Recall 07309 · Sep 26, 2007 · Target
350,000
units affected
350,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 07309
- Date
- Sep 26, 2007
- Company
- Target
- Units affected
- 350,000
- Product
- Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children's Sunny Patch Chairs
- Product type
- Toy Miscellaneous
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
The recall includes the Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and the Sunny Patch Children's Chairs. Gardening tools: caterpillar trowel with an orange and multi-colored handle; kitty cat broom with pink flowers and green handle; pink and green cultivator with a solid green tool portion and pink flowers on the handle; orange and green wood handle hoe and rake with orange flowers; pink and green shovel and trowel with pink flowers; green, orange and light blue snail push broom; multi-colored trowel, hoe, rake with orange on the tool body; multi-colored shovel with solid red on the shovel and eyes on the top of the handle; red and blue owl shaped broom with bristles painted blue, with yellow and black large eyes on the face. Children's Chairs: multi-colored children's Sunny Patch chairs with a giraffe, monkey, and elephant on the back. The cloth seat and back are striped in orange, yellow, green and blue. The chameleon, butterfly and ladybug chair are not included in the recall.
What can happen
The surface paint on the recalled gardening tools and chairs contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
The fix
Consumers should immediately take the products away from children and return the item to the nearest Target store for a full refund.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported.
- Sold at
- Target stores nationwide from August 2006 through August 2007 for between $3 and $10.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled happy giddy gardening tools and children's sunny patch chairs?
Consumers should immediately take the products away from children and return the item to the nearest Target store for a full refund.
What is the hazard?
The surface paint on the recalled gardening tools and chairs contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.