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CPSC, IMT Accessories Announce Recall of BarbieTM Sunglasses

Home product recall 01-086. Announced by CPSC on Feb 21, 2001.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Feb 21, 2001. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The frames of the sunglasses can break, allowing the petroleum distillate and floating glitter to leak out. Petroleum distillates could be harmful to children’s eyes and skin and could be fatal if ingested.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should stop children from wearing the sunglasses immediately. Return the sunglasses to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Consumers can call IMT Accessories toll-free at (800) 868-7870 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled sunglasses have a pink tint to the eyeglasses, have floating glitter in the temple of the sunglasses, say “Barbie™” and “Mattel®” on the left side of the earpiece, and say “China” on the right side.

About 70,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Barbie™ Sunglasses.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Imported by IMT Accessories, New York, N.Y.
  • The sunglasses, manufactured under license with Mattel®, were sold nationwide in Target, Walgreens and Bradlee’s, from June 1999 through August 2000, for about $6.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

IMT Accessories has received one report of a six-year-old child who received chemical burns in her right eye as a result of petroleum distillates leaking from the sunglasses, when she was playing.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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