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Wood Abacus Recalled by LTD Commodities LLC Due to Choking Hazard

Home product recall 08-608. Announced by CPSC on Sep 22, 2008.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Sep 22, 2008. 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 wooden rods on the abacus can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Consumers should take the abacus away from children immediately and contact LTD Commodities for instructions on receiving a product credit.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: For additional information, contact LTD Commodities toll-free at (866) 736-3654 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.ltdcommodities.com or www.abcdistributing.com

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled wood abacus is a multi-sided activity center that has a chalkboard, movable block letters with pictures, sliding shapes, a fun maze with gears, and a blue and yellow clock on the side of the activity center with two pink moving hands. Product code E7A is printed on the packaging near the UPC bar code.

About 6,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Wood Abacus.

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?

  • Made by Taizhou Orient Toys Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China.
  • Distributed by LTD Commodities LLC, Bannockburn, Ill.
  • Distributed by ABC Distributing, Bannockburn, Ill.
  • LTD Commodities and ABC Distributing catalogs nationwide and Web site from December 2006 through February 2008 for about $12.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

LTD Commodities has received four reports of small parts detaching from the wood abacus. No injuries have been reported.

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:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

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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