This content of this article was originally published by CPSC.gov CPSC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s recent seizure at a U.S. port of two shipments of children’s Halloween costumes with safety issues has resulted in many questions to us about what parents should look for when buying a Halloween costume. Here are some things for you [...]

Seattle — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) investigators recently seized two shipments of children’s Halloween pirate costumes for containing eleven times the legal limit of lead. The shipments originated in China, and were destined for a distributor in the Seattle area. The costumes – 229 cartons containing 1,371 [...]