CPSC Recall in 2002: CPSC, Rose Art Announce Recall of Children's Soap Making Kit

Updated on January 18, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 02-121

Date: March 13, 2002

Product Name: Soap Making Kit

Recall Description:

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Rose Art Industries Inc., of Livingston, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 124,400 Soap Making Kits. The soap making kit is sold in a cardboard box with model number 4054 or a plastic case with model number 4121 on the packaging. The model number is located on the upper right hand corner on the front of the packaging. Each kit includes bars of soap, molds, and a plastic cup to melt soap chunks.

Hazard Description:

The soap may get too hot when heated in the microwave oven and leak from the plastic container posing a burn hazard to children.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund

Units: 124,000

Incidents:

CPSC and Rose Art have received 10 reports of children being burned by the hot soap while removing the plastic container from the microwave oven.

Sold At:

Toy and discount stores, including Toys R Us, Wal Mart, Kaybee Toys, Target and Value City, sold these kits nationwide between August 1997 through December 2001 for about $10.

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