Buster Brown Clog’s Recalled by Brown Shoe Co. and Pagoda International Footwear Ltd. Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Buster Brown & Co.’s Clog Children’s Shoes

Units: About 1.4 million (73,000 pair of shoes were previously recalled in April 2009)

Distributor: Brown Shoe Co. Inc., of St. Louis, Mo. and its affiliate Pagoda International Footwear Ltd., of Hong Kong.

Hazard: The shoe has decorative wheels that can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: The companies have received two reports of a decorative wheel detaching from the shoe. No injuries have been reported.

Description: This recall involves the Buster Brown & Co. clog children’s shoes with model or retail numbers listed below. These shoes are a plastic molded EVA ‘water’ clog and are designed to resemble a car. The shoes are red, brown, blue, yellow, and pink and most shoes bear the words ‘CARS,’ ‘Transformers Animated,’ or ‘Barbie.’ ‘Buster Brown & Co.™’ is printed on the shoe inside at the heel, on a sewn-in tag inside the fleece-lined shoe, and on the original hang tag. The model or retail number can also be found on these tags. The shoes were sold in children sizes 5 to 13 and youth sizes 1-3.

Sold at: Major retailers nationwide, including Bealls’, Famous Footwear, J.C. Penney, Meijer, Rack Room, Sears, Shoe Show, Target, and Wal-Mart from August 2007 through June 2009 for $10 to $25. Click here for more information.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Customers should immediately take this product away from children and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Buster Brown & Co. toll-free at (888) 869-1044 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday and between 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, visit the firm’s website at www.busterbrownshoes.com (PDF), or send an email to Busterandtige@brownshoe.com