The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·90067·Announced 1990-04-04

Media Materials Recalls Colored Beads and Laces Sets Due to Choking Hazard

Media Materials is recalling Colored Beads and Laces sets because the beads pose a fatal choking hazard to young children.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The source explicitly states the product presents a 'fatal choking hazard' to young children, which fits the rubric criterion for 'risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported' (Score 3). No specific injuries or deaths are reported in the text.

Plain-English summary

Media Materials, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland, is voluntarily warning consumers in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) about Colored Beads and Laces sets. The company estimates that 15,000 sets, model #470, were sold nationwide since 1984 for approximately $9.95 each. The product consists of 100 multi-colored round and square wooden pieces with holes for stringing laces, packaged in a white box.

The recall is issued because the beads included in the sets could present a fatal choking hazard to young children. The original packaging stated, "CAUTION: Use with care with children under 3." Future versions of the product will be labeled more explicitly to warn that the product is not for use by children under age three.

CPSC urges parents, day care operators, and other caregivers who purchased the product to take steps to ensure that children under three are not allowed to use it. The sets were sold to consumers, day care centers, school supply houses, specialty store showrooms, and museums.

The recalled product

Product
Colored Beads and Laces sets
Manufacturer
Media Materials
Category
Consumer Product — Children's Jewelry / Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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