More than 21 million sets of a popular children’s toy made by California manufacturer MGA Entertainment are being recalled due to potentially hazardous resins, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on June 25.
According to a notice from the CPSC, the recall involves Miniverse “Make It Mini Sets” with unused liquid resins.
These sets include “Make It Mini Appliances,” all models and series of “Make It Mini Food,” and “Make It Mini Lifestyle.”
The recalled sets, which were initially manufactured in China, “contain resins that, when liquid, can cause skin, eye, and respiratory irritation or sensitization when inhaled, touched, or ingested by children or adults,” the CPSC said. The resin contains hydroxyethyl methacrylate and isobornyl acrylate in amounts prohibited in children’s products by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
“After the resins cure, they no longer present this hazard,” the…
