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| Mattel recalls millions more toys |
| US toymaker Mattel has recalled millions of toys worldwide for the second time in two weeks
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 14-August-2007
10:54:42 AM |
| Chinese-made Sarge die-cast toys from the Pixar film Cars have been recalled because their paint contains lead.
It has also recalled toys containing small magnets that can come loose, including Polly Pocket, Batman Magna, Doggie Daycare and One Piece playsets.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) said it had no reports of any injuries from the recalled products
The earlier recall of 1.5 million toys was by Mattel's Fisher Price unit.
Unauthorised paint
Mattel has recalled 253,000 Sarge toy cars in the US and 183,000 from the rest of the world.
Mattel said that 49,000 of the affected vehicles were in the UK and Ireland.
The company blamed the amount of lead in the paint on a subcontracted Chinese company called Hong Li Da using paint from unauthorised suppliers.
The other toys recalled contain small, powerful magnets.
The CPSC said that there had been 400 reports of magnets coming loose since Mattel recalled 2.4 million magnetic play sets in November 2006.
It is concerned that "if more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal."
The CPSC said that before the initial recall, three children required surgery after swallowing more than one magnet.
Mattel is recalling 18.2 million magnetic toys worldwide, 1.9 million of which were sold in the UK
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