More Toy Recalls in Canada

Do you know how badly I would have loved it if he made reference to this site! Toy Recalls in Canada from the Toronto Star is now on Perez!

Well, not actually www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com but the Toronto Star had a front page story that found toys with toxic levels of lead were being sold around the Toronto area.
I am shocked.
The reporter (David Bruser) visited various locations around Toronto with a device called the “XRF machine” (how can I get my hands on one!) which determines […]

I haven’t posted on food recalls before but the latest string of melamine-related recalls stemming from the Chinese tainted-milk scandal is getting a little hard not to discuss.
Just today 7 varieties of Lotte brand Koala’s March filled cookies that have been pulled off shelves in Canada. Here is the news article. The cookies were manufactured […]

Looks like even Harry Potter can’t escape “excess levels of lead”. These Harry Potter bookends were sold through various school fundraisers and the paint on the bookends contains high levels of lead. *Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.*
Those darn muggles.

I started this blog because of the possibility that we were affected by a toy recall. We owned a Melissa and Doug Geometric Stacker which had a recall notice associated to the product.
The very idea that a trusted toy manufacturer, toys that we had brought into our home, had recall notices associated to them pushed […]

Being from the “Lip Smacker” generation, I had to post this recall by Bonne Bell because “Some of the clasps, which attach to the zipper pull on these accessory bags, have been determined to contain excess levels of lead. As a result, The Bonne Bell Company, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission […]

There has been a recall on a Children’s Balloon Blowing Kit which “consist of a solvent mixture in a tube and one or more plastic straws for blowing. Children can form balloons or bubbles by dipping the short straw into the solvent and blowing through the straw.” Aside from being so generic in description, I […]

Of all the toys that are the least likely to cross the threshold of our home are magnetic toys. Quite honestly, I am AMAZED that there is still a market for them on Canada’s toy shelves (especially under the age of 5 group). Playwell Enterpriseshas just issued a recall for “Vehicle Magnetic Blocks”. The […]

Did you know that Health Canada has an actual 12-step process for recalling hazardous consumer products in Canada? It’s true and I know this because Alex Toys is telling me that they “have worked with Health Canada on the requirements for the recall and are following their prescribed actions”. You know what, they’re right.
The Health […]

Do my eyes deceive me? Is a manufacturer actually coordinating a recall that could communicate to their customer? On the Health Canada website, I read that there was a new recall for “TAGGIES(TM) Strollin’ Along Activity Bar” by International Playthings. The product recall has been issued because there have been 3 reports of young children […]