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Carina “Special Sparkle” Necklaces
- Starting date:
- December 22, 2011
- Posting date:
- December 22, 2012
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Childrens' Products, Clothing and Accessories, Jewellery
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety
- Audience:
- General Public (GP)
- Identification number:
- RA-500002737
Affected products
Carina "Special Sparkle" Necklaces
Product description
This recall involves Carina "Special Sparkle" Necklaces. The necklaces have pendants of various designs. Pendant designs include the following:
- Crab with stone
- Green Apple
- Apple
- Pink Fairy
- Poodle
- Butterfly with Chain
- Cat Face with Stone
- Sea Horse
- Fairy with Heart
- Sandal
- Purse
- Pink Bunny
- Music Note
- Lobster
Hazard identified
Health Canada's sampling and evaluation program has revealed that the crab pendant contains lead in excess of the allowable limit. Klassen is voluntarily recalling all necklaces in the "Special Sparkle" line.
Under the Children's Jewellery Regulations of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, it is illegal to import, advertise or sell jewellery items that appeal primarily to children under 15 years of age and contain more than 600 mg/kg total lead.
Lead is known to be very toxic metals, especially for children. A range of serious health effects have been associated with exposure to lead, including anemia, vomiting, diarrhea, serious brain injury, convulsions, coma, as well as effects related to the liver, kidneys, heart and immune system. In extreme cases, there have been deaths.
Children can ingest lead when they chew, suck, or swallow jewellery items containing these metals.
In laboratory testing, the crab pendant was found to be composed of 14% total lead, which is far in excess of legal limits.
Neither Health Canada nor Klassen has received any reports of incidents or illnesses related to the use of this product.
For more information on the risks and symptoms of lead exposure, visit Health Canada's: Effects of Lead on Human Health.
Number sold
1143 of these recalled necklaces were sold across Canada.
Time period sold
The recalled products were sold from June 2010 to December 2011.
Companies
- Distributor
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Klassen Jewellers Ltd.
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
CANADA
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately take the recalled jewellery away from children and dispose of them. Consumers are asked to contact their municipality for instructions on disposing items containing lead.
For more information, consumers may contact Klassen by phone at 1-866-799-0281 or by e-mail.