The association, in Washington, has members in many of the nation's 400 public consumer agencies.

The company appealed the consumer agency's action, but in July a state judge rejected the appeal.

But officials at the consumer agency say that they put the toys through a more wide-ranging test and can find no safety problems.

Here is what the consumer agency advises so toys don't spell trouble.

Alaska has closed all seven of its state-financed consumer agencies.

We'd like them to show that there's an activist consumer agency that's going to go out and sue people.

Mr. Nader said he would bring the report to the attention of consumer agencies on the state and national levels.

Some of the problems encountered by consumer agencies went much further than a lack of response to e-mail.

Rather, he said in an interview, he does not trust the consumer agency to judge which chemicals are safe.

But consumer agencies are concerned that the company might not have adequately informed stores and buyers.