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listserv@... wrote: Subject: News from CPSC - Two Recalls, CPSC Public CalendarDate: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:37:04 -0400From: listserv@...To: egerpatt@...This message contains the following:1. Ensto Control Oy Recalls Toggle and Rotary Switches Due to ElectricShock Hazards2. Toy Airplanes, Cars, and Motorcycles Recalled by S.U. Wholesale Dueto Violation of Lead Paint Standard3. CPSC Public Calendar******************************************************1. NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 12, 2008Release #08-218 Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 800-0690CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908Ensto

Control Oy Recalls Toggle and Rotary Switches Due to ElectricShock HazardsWASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, incooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntaryrecall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop usingrecalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Toggle Switches and Rotary SwitchesUnits: About 19,000Distributor/Importer: Disconnects of Florida Corp., of Tampa, Fla.Manufacturer: Ensto Control Oy, of FinlandHazard: When switched OFF, one electrical pole may remain energized,posing a risk of electrical shock hazard to consumers.Incidents/Injuries: Ensto Control Oy has received 13 reports of theswitches not functioning properly. No injuries have been reported.Description: The recalled toggle and rotary switches are manual motorcontroller switches or disconnect switches. The switches are

typicallyused with HVAC units, electric distribution and control panels andindustrial uses. Primarily the switches are used commercially, howeverthey may also be found in residential applications. The switches weresold under the brand name Ensto Control Oy with a four digitmanufacturing week date code stamped on the bottom of each switch. Thecode indicates the week and year of manufacture. Product codes rangingfrom 0107 through 5007 are included in the recall. The model numbers arelocated on labels attached on the upper part of the plastic switchhousing. The following model numbers are included in the recall:KK17.3, KK17.963, KK17.980, KK19.3, KK19.963, KK19.980, KKCSU3.60JDR/U,KSR3.100, KSR3.100/U, KSR3.1001/U, KSR31002/U, KSR3.125/U, KSR3.1251/U,KSR3.63, KSR3.80, KSR3.80/U, KSR3.801/U, KSR3.802/U, KST3.100U, KST3.63,KST3.80, KST3.80/USold at: The recalled switches were sold through Ensto Control Oy

todistributors, which in turn sold the switches to industrial OEMs. Theywere not sold in retail establishments or to consumers. The switcheswere sold for between $30 and $60. Manufactured in: FinlandRemedy: Consumers who have installed switches can contact the firm forinformation on how to receive a free inspection and replacement switch.Consumers who have switches that are not installed can return them toEnsto Control Oy, c/o Kaltek Inc., 2310 Peachford Road, Atlanta, Georgiafor a replacement switch.Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Ensto Control Oytoll-free at (866) 800-0690 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday ET or visit the firm's Web site at www.ensto.comTo see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of therecalled products, please go

to:http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08218.html******************************************************2. NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 12, 2008Release #08-219 Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 580-8883CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908Toy Airplanes, Cars, and Motorcycles Recalled by S.U. Wholesale Due toViolation of Lead Paint StandardWASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, incooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntaryrecall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop usingrecalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: X Force Commander Toy Airplanes and Super Famous ToyCars and MotorcyclesUnits: About

5,000Importer: S.U. Wholesale Inc., of Vernon, Calif.Hazard: The recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead, violatingthe federal lead paint standard.Incidents/Injuries: None reported.Description: The "X Force Commander" is a set of six plastic jetairplanes. Item number 5689 is printed on the front of the packaging.The airplanes are painted green, red, blue, silver, black and yellow.The "Super Famous" is a set of a plastic toy car and a motorcycle. Thecar is yellow or red and the motorcycle is gray.Sold at: Dollar Stores nationwide from September 2006 through November2007 for about $1.Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: Consumers should immediately take these toys away from childrenand return to them to the store where purchased for a refund.Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact S.U. Wholesaletoll-free at (877) 580-8883 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. PT Monday

throughFriday.To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of therecalled products, please go to:http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08219.html******************************************************3. CPSC Public CalendarVol. XXXV No. 22March 12, 2008 U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionBethesda, land 20814 Commission AgendasThere are no Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled forthe week of March 17, 2008. For a recorded message concerning the latestagenda information call (301) 504-7948.Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside PartiesAll meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwisestated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting,please call the contact person listed for that meeting.Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the currentweek which

have not appeared before in the printed Public Calendar. Ifthe meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter,"defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we postednotice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is inthe Office of the Secretary, Room 502, telephone (301) 504-7923. Weindicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol (S);we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. TheCommission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330East West Highway, Bethesda, land.Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending asubstantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with theOffice of the Secretary within 20 days.Week of March 17 thru March 23Tuesday, March 18*Town Hall Meeting; 2:00 p.m., at the Mall of America Rotunda,Bloomington, MN. Consumers will be able to ask

questions and share theirconcerns. Speaker will be Nord, Acting Chairman, U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission. For additional information contact Ed Kang,(301) 504-7648.* Trotta, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Russ Roegner,Directorate for Epidemiology, and Wolfson, Office of Informationand Public Affairs, meeting with Aronstein, Ph.D., to discussaluminum wiring repair methods and Federal Pacific Electric Stab-lokcircuit breakers and associated safety hazards; 10:00 a.m., BethesdaTowers, room 612. The meeting was requested by Dr. Aronstein. Foradditional information contact Trotta, (301) 504-7578; e-mail:atrotta@.... Posted on Master Calendar 3/10/08. (S)Thursday, March 20Dale Ray, Directorate for Economic Analysis, and Shivani Mehta andAllyson Tenney, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, speaking at theAmerican Home Furnishings Alliance flammability update

on upholsteredfurniture, cigarette ignition and mattress projects; 8:30 a.m., SheratonFour Seasons Hotel, Greensboro, NC. For additional information contactDale Ray, (301) 504-7704. (S)FutureNo such meetings listed this week.AddendumMeeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of theSecretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previouslyprinted Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however, staffpersons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day noticerequirement by placing notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar atleast seven days before the meeting. The Master Calendar is in theOffice of the Secretary, Room 502, Bethesda Towers Building.In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to waivethe seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff personnel,and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements for

themselvesand their personal staff.No such meetings listed this week.******************************************************The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protectingthe public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from morethan 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidentscost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The CPSC is committedto protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensurethe safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools,cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantlyto the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated withconsumer products over the past 30 years.To report a dangerous product or a

product-related injury, call CPSC'shotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, orvisit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC emailsubscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Website at www.cpsc.gov.-----------------------------You are currently subscribed to the email list "all" as: egerpatt@...To unsubscribe, please do one of the following:(1) go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx and use the on-line form(2) send a blank email to leave-all-513258F@...You can also go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx to change yoursubscription, or unsubscribe an old address and subscribe a new one.This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,an independent federal regulatory agency, located at 4330 East WestHighway, Bethesda,

MD 20814 Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772Thank you.