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To Our Consignors:
In 2008, the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act was passed with the intended purpose of protecting children under the age of 12 from potentially
dangerous products. The Act makes the resale of recalled products unlawful and also puts limits on the
resale of items that may contain lead and chemicals called phthalates. It includes clothing, furniture, toys, and accessories.
We believe our consignors would never intentionally sell a product that could harm a child, and we would like
to make checking for recalls easy. Please take the responsibility of checking items you intend to sell against the recall
list. It is important to check toys as well as baby items, such as furniture, strollers, highchairs, etc.
When you drop off items, you will be asked to sign the Kids' Swap Consignor Agreement and initial a clause stating you
have done your part in checking for recalled items.
Go to www.recalls.gov and follow these instructions:
● Click on "Search for Recalls"
● Under Consumer Products, click on "Company"
(Most items will indicate the company that made the item. i.e. Fisher-Price, Graco, etc. If not, you can search by "Product
Category")
● Find the
company in the alphabetical listing and click "Find" (or type in the first few letters in the field on the right
and click "Simplify Search")
● Then, check that company's list of recalled items.
This will be a tremendous help to Kids'
Swap and will also speed up your Drop-Off time. We will be screening all items at Drop-Off, but recalls are issues
that can be checked before hand. Please don't be offended if we have to reject items that
have been categorized as being potentially high in lead content or phthalates. We are trying to educate ourselves as
much as possible on these items, so you don't have to. If you would like to prepare a few extra items to consign
in case you have a few rejected items, please do so!
Thank you for your help!
Danita and Shelly
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