Troy-Bilt Recalls Children's Gardening Gloves Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
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: | May 16 2007 |
Name of Products: | Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set |
Units: | About 80 |
Manufacturer: | MTD Products Inc, of Valley City, Ohio (Troy-Bilt is an MTD brand.) |
Hazard: | The stamp-painted logo on the backside of the gardening gloves contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
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Incidents/Injuries: | None reported.
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Description: | The Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set included a wheel barrel, sprinkling can, pair of gardening gloves, hand tools and seeds. The gloves are yellow on one side and white with rubber dots on the other side. The gloves have a picture of four children in a field, with "The Budding Gardners" written in red around the picture. |
Sold at: | The Troy-Bilt Web site, www.troybilt.com, from February 2006 through January 2007 for about $50 for the set.
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Manufactured in: | China
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Remedy: | Consumers should take these gloves away from children immediately, and contact the firm to exchange the gloves for a free kids-size gardener’s apron. Troy-Bilt is directly contacting consumers who purchased these gloves.
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Consumer Contact: | Troy-Bilt |