Wee Patsy Travel Set miniature rocking chairs
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Effanbee Doll Company is recalling approximately 2,500 miniature rocking chairs due to excessive levels of lead in the paint, which poses a potential lead poisoning hazard to young children. The wooden chair features cat-shaped side profiles painted white with yellow outlines, a green collar with yellow and red dots, and measures about 1.75 inches wide and 4 inches long. The rocking chair was sold as part of the Wee Patsy Travel Set from June 1996 through December 1996 for about $115 at doll, gift, collectible and specialty toy stores, J.C. Penney catalogs, and through the Effanbee Collector's Society. No illnesses or injuries have been reported.
Consumers should immediately remove the miniature rocking chair from children's access. Effanbee is offering a $5 refund, including postage, for the return of the rocking chair. For instructions on returning the chair and obtaining the refund, consumers should call Effanbee at (800) 226-3647 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday through Friday or write to the company at 19 Lexington Ave., East Brunswick, NJ 08816.
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Miniature Rocking Chairs Recalled by Effanbee Doll Company NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 1998 Release # 98-060 Company Phone Number: (800) 226-3647 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063 CPSC, Effanbee Doll Company Announce Recall of Miniature Rocking Chairs WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Effanbee Doll Company of East Brunswick, N.J., is recalling about 2,500 miniature rocking chairs. The chair has excessive levels of lead in the paint, presenting a potential lead poisoning hazard to young children. CPSC and Effanbee are not aware of any illnesses or injuries involving this product. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of illness or injury. The rocking chair is wooden and each side of the chair is shaped into a cat's profile. The chair is painted white and the cat profiles are painted white with yellow outlines. The cat wears a green collar decorated with yellow and red dots. The cat also has brown flecks around its paws and tail. The cat has a red mouth, black nose, and black and gray eyes and ears. The chair measures about 1.75 inches wide and 4 inches long at its base. The rocking chair is part of the Wee Patsy Travel Set, which includes a miniature suitcase, two dolls, a paper doll book, doll clothing, a miniature train, a clown clothes tree, a miniature jack-in-the box, a plastic cat and the miniature rocking chair. Only the rocking chair is being recalled. Doll, gift, collectible and specialty toy stores nationwide, J.C. Penney catalogs and the Effanbee Collector's Society sold the Wee Patsy Travel Set from June 1996 through December 1996 for about $115. Consumers should take the miniature rocking chair away from children immediately. Effanbee is offering consumers a $5 refund, including postage, for the return of the miniature rocking chair. For information on how to return the miniature rocking chair and obtain a refund, consumers should call Effanbee at (800) 226-3647 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday through Friday or write to the company at 19 Lexington Ave., East Brunswick, NJ 08816.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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