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Charles Products Recalls Decorative Pint And Shot Glasses Due To Possible Health Risk

Contact: Consumer: 1-800-848-3606 UK contact: contact@uk.mars.com International contact: glassware@casupport.com For more information: www.mmsworld.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 22, 2014 - Charles Products, Inc. (CPI) announced today that it is voluntarily recalling shot and pint glasses identified below sold exclusively through MMS World retail stores in New York, Las Vegas, Orlando and London.

CPI is recalling the following shot and pint glasses:

Glasses with an image of the Red MMS character and the words Hard on the outside, soft on the inside;

Glasses with an image of the Blue MMS character and the words Whos your candy?; and

Glasses with an image of the Green MMS character and the words Eye candy.

Through its internal compliance and independent laboratory product testing program, the company became aware that the glassware may exceed the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) guidance levels for leachable lead and cadmium. Both lead and cadmium are heavy metals found in the environment that accumulate in human bodies. Both can cause serious health complications at high levels. These glasses should therefore be returned and should not be used for the consumption of beverages, alcoholic or otherwise.

1,202 pint glasses and 6,335 shot glasses have been sold between the dates of January 8, 2014 and April 16, 2014. No illness related to this product has been reported to date. The recall only applies to the SKU #s below and no other products are affected.

The products that are subject to this recall are only the pint and shot glasses with printing on the inside pictured below. A picture of the label located on the bottom of each glass is also included.

Material	SKU	Description
2000835986	835986	SHOT GLASS RED
2000835989	835989	SHOT GLASS BLUE
2000835990	835990	SHOT GLASS GREEN
2000835993	835993	PINT GASS GREEN
2000835991	835991	PINT GLASS RED
2000835992	835992	PINT GLASS BLUE

Consumers who purchased the recalled shot and pint glasses with printing on the inside should contact MMS World at the contacts above for a full refund or may return them to one of the four stores where the items were purchased:

MMS World New York City 1600 Broadway New York, NY 10019

MMS World Las Vegas 3785 South Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89109

MMS World Orlando 8001 S. Orange Blossom Trail Suite 1132 Orlando, FL 32809

MMS World London 1 Swiss Court London W1D 6AP

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