Plastic Halloween Bucket Recalled by Direct Source
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:Nychelle White
October 24, 1996
(301) 504-7063
Release # 97-009
CPSC, Direct Source International Announce Plastic Halloween
Bucket Recall
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Direct Source
International Inc. of Blue Ash, Ohio, is voluntarily
recalling 11,700 packages of small plastic halloween candy
buckets. Dillon Stores of Hutchinson, Kan., and CPSC found
prohibited levels of lead in the black, red, and yellow
paint, which peels readily from the buckets. The lead paint
can cause lead poisoning in young children, who may ingest
the paint from the banned buckets.
The buckets come in three styles: as orange pumpkins,
white skulls, and green Frankenstein heads, measuring 2.75
inches in diameter by 2.25 inches high. They are packed
six to a cellophane package with an orange cardboard header
labeled on the front, "HAPPY HALLOWEEN... 6 Halloween
Buckets," and on the back, bar code number "43748 88014...
Direct Source International Inc...Made in China." Some of
the packages also include "Item NO. FF-014" on the back of
the label.
Various retail stores, including Dillon Stores and
Kroger Company, sold the buckets from August 1996 to October
1996 for about $1 per package.
CPSC received one report of a child who may have
ingested some of the paint from the buckets.
Consumers should take the buckets away from children
immediately and return them to the store where purchased for
a full refund of the purchase price. Consumers who have
questions about this recall may call Direct Source
International Inc. at (513) 793-9379.