Target Recalls Children's Toy Gardening Tools and Chairs Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Affected

The recall includes the Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and the Sunny Patch Children's Chairs. Gardening tools: caterpillar trowel with an orange and multi-colored handle; kitty cat broom with pink flowers and green handle; pink and green cultivator with a solid green tool portion and pink flowers on the handle; orange and green wood handle hoe and rake with orange flowers; pink and green shovel and trowel with pink flowers; green, orange and light blue snail push broom; multi-colored trowel, hoe, rake with orange on the tool body; multi-colored shovel with solid red on the shovel and eyes on the top of the handle; red and blue owl shaped broom with bristles painted blue, with yellow and black large eyes on the face. Children's Chairs: multi-colored children's Sunny Patch chairs with a giraffe, monkey, and elephant on the back. The cloth seat and back are striped in orange, yellow, green and blue. The chameleon, butterfly and ladybug chair are not included in the recall.

The file

Sold at

Target stores nationwide from August 2006 through August 2007 for between $3 and $10.

Product type

Toy Miscellaneous

Made in

China

Recalled by

Starite International Ltd., of Taiwan, Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Incident log

None reported.

What the notice says to do

Consumers should immediately take the products away from children and return the item to the nearest Target store for a full refund.

For additional information, contact Target at (800) 440-0680 between 7 a.m. and 6 pm. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.target.com