Pace Products Inc. · Recalled
CPSC, Pace Products Inc. Announce Recall of Children's Soap Making Kits
The soap may get too hot when heated in the microwave oven and leak from the tray mold posing a burn hazard to children.
- Units
- About 145,000
- Reports
- 3
- Injuries
- 3
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $8
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The soap kits were sold under the name “Soap Making for Kids." The kits include a plastic mold tray, three bars of glycerine, string and an instruction book. "SCHOLASTIC INC." and "Made in U.S.A." are printed on the back of the soap kit box.
The file
- Sold at
- Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs sold the recalled soap kits at schools nationwide, from March 2000 through November 2002, and bookstores sold the recalled soap kits, from March 1998 through November 2002, for about $8.
- Product type
- Arts & Crafts
- Made in
- United States
- Recalled by
- Pace Products Inc., of Apopka, Fla.
Incident log
CPSC has received three reports of burn injuries from the heated soap, including a 6-year-old girl who received burns to her hand.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should take these soap kits away from children immediately and contact Pace Products to receive instructions on returning the soap kits for a refund.
Consumers may contact Pace Products at (800) 541-7670 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers also can visit the firm's website at www.paceplace.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated JAN 09 2003; last revised MAY 14 2025.
