CPSC, Pace Products Inc. Announce Recall of Children’s Soap Making Kits
Kids’ product recall 03-067. Announced by CPSC on Jan 9, 2003.
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Announced by CPSC on Jan 9, 2003. 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 soap may get too hot when heated in the microwave oven and leak from the tray mold posing a burn hazard to children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should take these soap kits away from children immediately and contact Pace Products to receive instructions on returning the soap kits for a refund.
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- How to reach the firm: Consumers may contact Pace Products at (800) 541-7670 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers also can visit the firm’s website at www.paceplace.com
Which ones are recalled?
The soap kits were sold under the name “Soap Making for Kids.” The kits include a plastic mold tray, three bars of glycerine, string and an instruction book. “SCHOLASTIC INC.” and “Made in U.S.A.” are printed on the back of the soap kit box.
About 145,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Soap Making for Kids soap making kits.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Pace Products Inc., Apopka, Fla.
- Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs sold the recalled soap kits at schools nationwide, from March 2000 through November 2002, and bookstores sold the recalled soap kits, from March 1998 through November 2002, for about $8.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC has received three reports of burn injuries from the heated soap, including a 6-year-old girl who received burns to her hand.
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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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.