Product Recall Number: 07-549
Why was Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set recalled?
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.
Product Recall Number: 07-549
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2007-05-15
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set
Description: In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), MTD Products Inc, of Valley City, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling about 80 Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Sets. 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.Name of Product: Budding Gardener Complete Gardening SetUnits: About 80Importer: 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.Incidents/Injuries: None reported.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 by: The Troy-Bilt Web site, www.troybilt.com, from February 2006 through January 2007 for about $50 for the set.Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: 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.Consumer Contact: For additional information, our call Troy-Bilt toll-free at (888) 848-6038 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.troybilt.com.
Hazard Description: 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.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 80
Incidents: None reported.
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.
Sold At: The Troy-Bilt Web site, www.troybilt.com, from February 2006 through January 2007 for about $50 for the set.
Importers: MTD Products Inc, of Valley City, Ohio (Troy-Bilt is an MTD brand.)
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed