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Categories: Health Canada Recall Notices

I started this blog because of the possibility that we were affected by a toy recall. We owned a Melissa and Doug Geometric Stacker which had a recall notice associated to the product.

The very idea that a trusted toy manufacturer, toys that we had brought into our home, had recall notices associated to them pushed me to become a parental advocate for safe toys.

I was angered by my experience with the Melissa and Doug Customer Service process. Mainly because they were assuring me that this was a one time event, and since only one shipment of 300 products went from China directly to Toys R Us Canada, they had isolated the incident and didn`t need to notify their consumers.

I didn`t believe them and I also think it is irresponsible.

How can a massive manufacturer tell me that every batch of their products are tested but then ship directly to retailers? Also, logically, how can anyone believe that a factory in China would actually only paint 300 products with tainted paint?

I believe the problem is much larger.

So I am not surprised, although I am again disappointed with this latest recall by Melissa and Doug and their `Geometric Train`. Testing by Health Canada revealed that the surface paint on batch number GY1207 of the wooden stacking train contains barium in excess of the allowable limit. Approximately 1,146 of the toys were sold in Canada.

Who is tracking the effectiveness of this recall?

There is no notification of the recall on the Melissa and Doug website, Toys R Us does not have the recall posted on its website.

Email Melissa and Doug at Owners@MelissaAndDoug.com urging them that it is time to add a `Recalled Products`section to their website. They currently have 2 product recalls in 1 month.