Miniature Rocking Chairs Recalled by Effanbee Doll Company
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 1998
Release # 98-060
Company Phone Number: (800) 226-3647 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063
CPSC, Effanbee Doll Company Announce Recall of Miniature
Rocking Chairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Effanbee Doll Company
of East Brunswick, N.J., is recalling about 2,500
miniature rocking chairs. The chair has excessive levels of
lead in the paint, presenting a potential lead poisoning
hazard to young children.
CPSC and Effanbee are not aware of any illnesses or
injuries involving this product. This recall is being
conducted to prevent the possibility of illness or injury.
The rocking chair is wooden and each side of the chair
is shaped into a cat's profile. The chair is painted white
and the cat profiles are painted white with yellow outlines.
The cat wears a green collar decorated with yellow and red
dots. The cat also has brown flecks around its paws and
tail. The cat has a red mouth, black nose, and black and
gray eyes and ears. The chair measures about 1.75 inches
wide and 4 inches long at its base. The rocking chair is
part of the Wee Patsy Travel Set, which includes a miniature
suitcase, two dolls, a paper doll book, doll clothing, a
miniature train, a clown clothes tree, a miniature
jack-in-the box, a plastic cat and the miniature rocking
chair. Only the rocking chair is being recalled.
Doll, gift, collectible and specialty toy stores
nationwide, J.C. Penney catalogs and the Effanbee
Collector's Society sold the Wee Patsy Travel Set from June
1996 through December 1996 for about $115.
Consumers should take the miniature rocking chair away
from children immediately. Effanbee is offering consumers a
$5 refund, including postage, for the return of the
miniature rocking chair. For information on how to return
the miniature rocking chair and obtain a refund, consumers
should call Effanbee at (800) 226-3647 between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. EST Monday through Friday or write to the company at 19
Lexington Ave., East Brunswick, NJ 08816.