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Product Recall Number: 04-202

Why was Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Set recalled?

The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.

Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Set
Here's product recall specific data for Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Set.

  • Product Recall Number: 04-202

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2004-08-18

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Set

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC),Meco Corp., of Greeneville, Tenn. is voluntarily recalling about 3,800 Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Sets. The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.Name of product: Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture SetUnits: About 3,800Manufacturer: Meco Corp., of Greeneville, Tenn.Hazard: The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.Incidents/Injuries: None reported.Description: The recalled product is a red folding chair with a metal frame and vinyl padded seat back and base. The chair was sold as a part of a five-piece juvenile table furniture set with a green table, blue chair, yellow chair, green chair, and red chair. Only the red chairs with model numbers 11-88-3E1 and 11-88S3E1 and date codes H3, B4, D4 or E4 printed underneath the seat bottom are included in the recall. "Meco" or "Samsonite" brand names are also printed on the seat label.Sold at: Furniture and wholesale club stores nationwide from July 2003 through June 2004 for between $25 and $40.Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: Consumers should stop using this red chair immediately and contact the firm for instructions on returning the red chair and receiving a free replacement chair.Consumer Contact: Call Meco at (800) 251-7558 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit Meco's website at www.meco.net.

  • Hazard Description: The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 3,800

  • Incidents: None reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop using this red chair immediately and contact the firm for instructions on returning the red chair and receiving a free replacement chair.

  • Sold At: Furniture and wholesale club stores nationwide from July 2003 through June 2004 for between $25 and $40.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: Meco Corp., of Greeneville, Tenn.

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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