WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Date: | February 06 2008 |
Name of Products: | Sketchbooks with Colored Spirals |
Units: | About 80,000 |
Manufacturer: | Distributed by eeBoo Corp., of New York, N.Y. |
Hazard: | The paint on the sketchbooks’ colored spiral metal bindings contains excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard. |
Incidents/Injuries: | None reported. |
Description: | The recalled children’s sketchbooks have colored spiral metal bindings, drawing paper, and cardboard covers in the following styles. “eeBoo” and the style name are printed on a sticker on the back cover. |
Sold at: | Specialty and gift stores nationwide from September 2005 through January 2008 for about $6. |
Manufactured in: | China |
Remedy: | Consumers should immediately take the recalled sketchbooks away from children and contact eeBoo Corp. to receive a free replacement sketchbook with a plain metal spiral. |
Consumer Contact: | eeBoo Corp. |