CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT

The surface paint on the recalled gardening tools and chairs contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
Official Consumer Product Safety Recall • September 26, 2007

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

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.

Required Consumer Action

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

Contact Information

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

Recall Details

Sold At
Target stores nationwide from August 2006 through August 2007 for between $3 and $10.
Injuries
None reported.
Manufacturer
Starite International Ltd., of Taiwan
Recall Number
07309

Product Information

Product Name
Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children's Sunny Patch Chairs
Product Type
Toy Miscellaneous
Number of Units
About 350,000
Manufacturer Name
Starite International Ltd., of Taiwan
Imported By
Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Manufactured In
China

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Contact Manufacturer

Use the contact information below to reach out about this recall:

Website www.target.com
Full Contact Information

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