U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2010
Release # 10-139
Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 695-3551
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Allreds Design Recalls Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips Due to Risk of Lead Exposure
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Allreds Design Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips
Units: About 900
Manufacturer: Allreds Design (doing business as Hidden Hollow Beads), of Fort Duchesne, Utah
Hazard: The recalled bracelets and pacifier clip clasps contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: Allreds Design received one report of a 10-month-old child who was treated by a physician for elevated lead levels.
Description: This recall includes Allreds Design brand baby bracelets and pacifier clips. The bracelets are sold in sizes 0-6 months, 1-4 years, and 4-8 years of age. The baby bracelets and pacifier clips have crystal and plastic beads in various colors with a metal clasp.
Sold by: Resale stores and other consignment retailers nationwide from June 2008 through December 2008 for about $5.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take these recalled bracelets and pacifier clips away from children and contact Allreds Design for instructions on how to receive a replacement bracelet or pacifier clip.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact Allreds Design toll-free at (866) 695-3551 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
Note: Hidden Hollow Beads was alerted to this hazard by Jefferson County's Health Department in Missouri.
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10139.html
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CPSC Public Calendar
Vol. XXXVII No. 19
February 17, 2010
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Commission Agendas
Listed below is an agenda of a Commission Meeting scheduled for the week of February 22, 2010. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.
Commission Meeting
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Hearing Room 420
Closed to the Public
Matter to be Discussed
Compliance Weekly / Monthly Report - Commission Briefing
The staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties
All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise stated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting, please call the contact person listed for that meeting.
Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the current week which have not appeared before in the printed Public Calendar. If the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter," defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is in the Office of the Secretary, Room 502, telephone (301) 504-7923. We indicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol (S); we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.
Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending a substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the Office of the Secretary within 20 days.
Week of February 22 thru February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23
Commissioner Robert Adler and Jason Levine (Special Assistant to Commissioner Adler) and Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and Matt Howsare (Special (Legal) Assistant to Chairman Tenenbaum) meeting with Andy Counts, Exec. VP; Bill Perdue, VP-Product Standards & Sustainable Growth, American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA); and Mary Martha McNamara, Counsel to AHFA, to discuss furniture issues in consumer product safety; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 723. The meeting was requested by Mary Martha McNamara. For additional information contact Ophelia McCardell, (301) 504-7731. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/28/10. Posted on the Master Calendar 1/28/10. (S)
Tuesday, February 23
*Commissioner Nancy Nord and staff meeting with Andy Counts, Exec. VP; Bill Perdue, VP-Product Standards & Sustainable Growth, American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA); and Mary Martha McNamara, Counsel to AHFA, to discuss furniture issues in consumer product safety; 11:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 722. The meeting was requested by Mary Martha McNamara. For additional information contact Autumn Moore, (301) 504-7901, amoore@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (S)
Tuesday, February 23
*Commissioner Anne Northup meeting with Andy Counts, CEO of American Home Furnishings Alliance and Bill Perdue, Director of Environmental and Technical Visits to discuss furniture tip-overs, bunk bed and upholstery issues; 12:00 noon, Bethesda Towers, room 720. The meeting was requested by Mary Martha McNamara. For additional information contact Catherine Gatewood, (301) 504-7780. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (S)
Tuesday, February 23
Commissioner Thomas H. Moore; Pam Weller and Michael Gougisha (Counselors to Commissioner Moore) meeting with Andy Counts and Bill Perdue with the American Home Furnishings Alliance; Mary Martha McNamara, Esq. with McNamara & L'Heureux, P.C. to discuss furniture issues in consumer product safety; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 725. The meeting was requested by Laura S. Genuario. For additional information contact Linda Taylor, (301) 504-7895 or ltaylor@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/27/10. Posted on the Master Calendar 1/27/10. (S)
Wednesday, February 24
*Allyson Tenney, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, attending ASTM F15.45, Candle Products Fire Safety Task Group meeting; Airport Courtyard by Marriott, Columbus, OH. For additional information contact Allyson Tenney, (301) 504-7567. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (S)
Wednesday, February 24
*Jake Miller and Patty Edwards, Directorate for Engineering Sciences (Mechanical), meeting with Gene Barrow, Bassett Furniture, to discuss manufacturing process of children's furniture specifically wood cribs; 1:00 p.m., 3525 Fairystone Park Hwy., Bassett, VA 24055. The meeting was requested by CPSC staff. For additional information contact Jake Miller, (301) 504-6938. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (N)
Thursday, February 25
*Jake Miller and Patty Edwards, Directorate for Engineering Sciences (Mechanical), meeting with Carlton Craig and Kevin Walker, Stanley Furniture, to discuss manufacturing process of children's furniture specifically wood cribs, including a courtesy plant tour; 8:00 a.m., 1641 Fairystone Park Hwy., Stanleytown, VA 24168. The meeting was requested by CPSC staff. For additional information contact Jake Miller, (301) 504-6938. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (N)
Thursday, February 25
Thomas Caton, Directorate for Engineering Sciences (Mechanical) giving presentation on "Metallurgy and Dissimilar Metals" at the Pennsylvania Amusement Ride Safety Seminar meeting; 11:00 a.m., Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey - Grantville, PA. The meeting was requested by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards. For additional information contact Thomas Caton, (301) 504-7543. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/12/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/12/10. (N)
Future
Tuesday, March 2
Richard O'Brien, Laurie Hopkins, and Sylvia Chen, Office of International Programs, meeting with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) representatives: Gary Kushnier, Vice President - International Policy, Scott Cooper, Vice President - Government Relations, Elise Owen, Director - International Development, Jessica Hychalk, Program Manager - International Policy, Leslie McDermott, Program Administrator - International Development, to discuss ANSI activities in China; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 410A. The meeting was requested by ANSI. For additional information contact Richard O'Brien, (301) 504-7054. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/12/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/12/10. (N)
Tuesday, March 23
Michael A. Babich, Directorate for Health Sciences, and other CPSC staff meeting with representatives from ExxonMobil, on Cumulative Risk Assessment of Phthalates; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 410 B/C. The meeting was requested by ExxonMobil. For additional information contact Michael Babich, (301) 504-7253. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/25/10. Posted on Master Calendar 1/26/10. (S)
Addendum
Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously printed Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however, staff persons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day notice requirement by placing notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar at least seven days before the meeting. The Master Calendar is in the Office of the Secretary, Room 502, Bethesda Towers Building.
In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to waive the seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff personnel, and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements for themselves and their personal staff.
Thursday, February 18
Commissioners Nancy Nord and Anne Northup and staff will meet with Satbir Nayar, Project Manager, XOS, Inc. and Berry Buemer, Vice President of Marketing and Sales of XOS, Inc., and Quin Dodd, Of Counsel, Mintz Levin, PC, XOS, to provide the latest information about the HD XRF technology and the status of the ASTM voluntary committee process to finalize a uniform test method for the use of HD XRF to detect lead in paint; 11:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 722. For additional information contact Autumn Moore, (301) 504- 7901, amoore@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/16/10. (S)
Thursday, February 18
Commissioner Robert S. Adler meeting with Satbir Nayar and Berry Buemer of X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. (XOS), and Quin Dodd, counsel to XOS, to discuss latest information on validation of HD XRF technology and the status of ASTM's Volunteer Committee to finalize a uniform test method for the use of HD XRF to detect lead in paint; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 723. The meeting was requested by Quin Dodd. For additional information contact Ophelia McCardell, (301) 504-7731. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/16/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/17/10. (S)
Friday, February 19
Andrew Trotta and Shivani Mehta, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, attending the Kitchen Fire Prevention Technologies Workshop; 8:30 a.m., (registration starts at 8:00 a.m.) Montpelier Room at the Madison Loews Hotel, 1177 15th Street, NW, Washington D.C. The workshop is being sponsored by Vision 20/20. For additional information contact Andrew Trotta, (301) 504-7578. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/12/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/12/10. (S)
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