CPSC, Meco Corp. Announce Recall of Red Chairs from Children's Furniture
Sets

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces
the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless
otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Kid's Essentials Five-Piece Folding Furniture Set

Units: About 3,800

Manufacturer: Meco Corp., of Greeneville, Tenn.

Hazard: The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels,
posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recalled product is a red folding chair with a metal
frame and vinyl padded seat back and base. The chair was sold as a part
of a five-piece juvenile table furniture set with a green table, blue
chair, yellow chair, green chair and red chair. Only the red chairs with
model numbers 11-88-3E1 and 11-88S3E1 and date codes H3, B4, D4 or E4
printed underneath the seat bottom are included in the recall. "Meco" or
"Samsonite" brand names are also printed on the seat label.

Sold at: Furniture and wholesale club stores nationwide from July 2003
through June 2004 for between $25 and $40.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using this red chair immediately and
contact the firm for instructions on returning the red chair and
receiving a free replacement chair.

Consumer Contact: Call Meco at (800) 251-7558 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
ET Monday through Friday or visit Meco's Web site at www.meco.net

To view this press release online, use the following link:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml04/04202.html