Federal consumer safety regulators yesterday announced the recall of “The Princess and The Frog’’ pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action.
The recall affects two products, about 55,000 items in total, sold exclusively by Walmart. The action was taken voluntarily by Rhode Island-based jewelry company FAF Inc., which did not respond to requests for comment.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission had been testing for cadmium in children’s metal jewelry for several weeks in response to an Associated Press investigation.
