Overview
- OPSS issued recall notices Friday for Crayola Touchy Feely and Discovery craft boxes and Home Bargains’ Craft Time Sand Art Bracelets after tests flagged a potential asbestos risk in the sand.
- Hunter Price, the importer, and retailers including Argos, Asda, Sainsbury’s, The Works and others have pulled the items, with OPSS noting more sellers may be added as recall actions expand.
- Customers are told to stop using the kits, return them for a full refund where offered, or follow disposal steps if returning is not possible.
- OPSS guidance explains how to contain the sand by double‑bagging unopened packets or using wet cloths, gloves and a mask to clean used sand to avoid dust exposure.
- The products breach the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 because asbestos is banned even at low exposure, Local Authority Trading Standards is leading the cases, and reports tie similar recalls to sand from parts of China as consumer group Which? calls for tighter checks.