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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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July 21, 2009
$ ]+ _: C. p$ a. S: W) v% |" mRelease # 09-281 | Firm抯 Recall Hotline: (888) 869-1044! v1 c* W8 u; I4 T& J7 O" w
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772( r/ Z; f5 r. i6 ~
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-79089 j, I; u$ Z( l ^: T9 W. j. j* j
| Buster Brown Clog Children抯 Shoes Recalled by Brown Shoe Co. and Pagoda International Footwear Ltd. Due to Choking Hazard
) V. X" v7 u# }) T+ m( o, vWASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Buster Brown & Co.抯 Clog Children抯 Shoes3 l" V b/ G% O0 U7 u% f
Units: About 1.4 million (73,000 pair of shoes were previously recalled in April 2009)1 d2 h+ I8 N. L
Distributor: Brown Shoe Co. Inc., of St. Louis, Mo. and its affiliate Pagoda International Footwear Ltd., of Hong Kong.# a7 V, k( A4 Z: a
Hazard: The shoe has decorative wheels that can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
9 A( h, c: l- y9 bIncidents/Injuries: The companies have received two reports of a decorative wheel detaching from the shoe. No injuries have been reported.
; V* C' {$ D. }4 mDescription: This recall involves the Buster Brown & Co. clog children抯 shoes with model or retail numbers listed below. These shoes are a plastic molded EVA 搘ater?clog and are designed to resemble a car. The shoes are red, brown, blue, yellow, and pink and most shoes bear the words 揅ARS,?揟ransformers Animated,?or 揃arbie.?揃uster Brown & Co.™?is printed on the shoe inside at the heel, on a sewn-in tag inside the fleece-lined shoe, and on the original hang tag. The model or retail number can also be found on these tags. The shoes were sold in children sizes 5 to 13 and youth sizes 1-3.
6 n, O0 g" C% p' y/ T; e$ k# jSold at: Major retailers nationwide, including Bealls? Famous Footwear, J.C. Penney, Meijer, Rack Room, Sears, Shoe Show, Target, and Wal-Mart from August 2007 through June 2009 for $10 to $25.. N; r3 i0 `1 k
Manufactured in: China# [. C- B. I& h& t, D7 ?8 A
Remedy: Customers should immediately take this product away from children and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.# Y8 J5 ~( [7 i# M/ { u* w
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Buster Brown & Co. toll-free at (888) 869-1044 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday and between 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, visit the firm抯 website at www.busterbrownshoes.com (PDF), or send an email to Busterandtige@brownshoe.com
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% U# W% @- Q, G$ m+ _& V: ~AMAZON.COM 117B81; BEALLS' 3893-60; J.C. PENNEY 010-4231; MEIJER 830873, 830870; NOVUS 792794; PAYLESS SHOESOURCE 59920; RACK ROOM SHOES 422053; SEARS 89065, 49041; SHOE SHOW 442041, 346304; TARGET 93065072-80, 093060312-313, 093021564-1572; TARGET.COM 93065072-80, 093060312-313, 093021564-1572; VALUE CITY 3249364; WAL-MART STORES 9295815, 9295824, 2571648, 2571613, 2571627, 2571606, 2571620, 2571634, 2571641, 2571588, 2571599, 2571574, 2571581.CARS Clog - 84972
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K-MART, 84972; PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, 59920, 60397, 61117.CARS Mater Clog - 84949
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+ n9 g, r1 w2 UAMAZON.COM, 708B21; RACK ROOM SHOES, 422061; SHOE SHOW, 344297, 346493; VALUE CITY, 3249406.CARS Mater Fleece Clog - 93728
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WAL-MART STORES, 9812368, 2594651.Transformers Animated Fleece Clog - 95420- o9 X, @0 X9 l& f4 p
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WAL-MART STORES, 9812089, 2594695, 2594658, 594665, 2594672, 2594679, 2594686.Transformers Animated Clog - 897491 J& p% O T1 D9 a5 v$ W% O2 j
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7 G0 R# g, w1 ?. c& }/ fHUMBERTO VIDAL 3428-258; PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, 65744, 66046; SHOE SHOW, 346593.Barbie Clog - 84938
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AMAZON.COM, 208B30; VALUE CITY, 3249505; WAL-MART STORES 9295917, 2572148, 2572050, 572057, 2572064, 2572071, 2572078. [size=-1]CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx/ K* t8 v' x1 h" L1 X9 t [ S
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; p8 m# g# L" }2 _4 u! v9 RTo report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.
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