Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2001-02-26T00:00:00
Product: Ti-dee Helper children's broom
Company: Toy, discount and grocery stores sold these brooms, from April 2000 through February 2001, for about $9.
Hazard: The paint on the handles of these brooms contain high lead levels. CPSC standards ban toys and other children's products containing high levels of lead. Young children could ingest lead from the broom handles, presenting a lead poisoning hazard.
Description: The Ti-dee Helper brooms are about 37 inches long with a wood handle painted yellow and natural straw bristles. A silver label on the handle reads, "MADE IN MEXICO." The plastic packaging that covered the broom bristles reads, "Ti-dee Helper™ child's broom," and contains the model number "6089."
Remedy: Consumers should take these brooms away from children immediately, and return the brooms to the store where purchased for a refund.
Incidents / Injuries: None reported.
Recall Number: 01096c
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Chemical / Toxicity Hazard