The company, which changed its name to Mega Brands in June 2006, says it was unaware of the defects at the time of the acquisition. was recalled, will potentially create an auction or online sale via eBay. Magnetix building toys were recalled in March 2006 and this recall was expanded in April 2007. recall of Simplicity bassinets and Magnetix toys, I wanted to learn more. According to CPSC, at that time, Rose Art was aware of more than 1,100 reports of magnets falling out of the toys and at least one report of a child injured after ingesting one of the Magnetix magnets.
Instead it blamed the child by alleging rough play for detached magnets that caused the death. The company failed to report a pattern of incidents involving its imported Magnetix toys as required by law. He died when he swallowed magnets from a Magnetix set, which attached to each other in his small intestine and created a fatal blockage. when the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a federal agency, investigates and issues a recall. In December 2005 Mega Brands, formerly Rose Art Industries Inc., reported the death of a 22-month-old child to the CPSC. In February, Magnetix magnets ripped holes in the intestines of Tegan Leisy, a 3-year-old Colorado boy. INFORMING CONSUMERS ABOUT RECALLED PRODUCTS. If more than one magnet is swallowed, they can attach to each other and cause intestinal perforation, infection or blockage. The sets have been blamed in the death of a child.Īs we reported, tiny magnets can fall out of toys and be swallowed or inhaled by children. consented to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty for failing to promptly report promptly dangerous magnetic building sets which it manufactured.
Last week, toy manufacturer Mega Brands America Inc. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today an expanded recall of the more than 4 million sets sold prior to April 2006. We have previously written about dangerous toys containing magnets which can be swallowed by small children. WASHINGTONWith injuries to children who play with Mega Brands’ Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets continuing even after the company’s recall efforts, the U.S.
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