made by Sony, overheated or caught fire. Most of the defective notebooks were sold in the US, however, some one million faulty batteries could be found elsewhere in the world. August 2006: Following Dell's battery recall Apple Computer also recalls 1.8 million notebook computer batteries manufactured by Sony. Similar to Dell, most of the notebooks were sold in the United States. However, some 700,000 units could be found overseas. September 2006: Matsushita (Panasonic) recalls 6,000 batteries. September 2006: Toshiba recalls 340,000 batteries. September 2006: IBM/Lenovo recalls 500,000 batteries. October 2006: Hitachi recalls 16,000 batteries. October 2006: Fujitsu recalls 338,000 batteries. October 2006: Sharp recalls 28,000 batteries. November 2006: Casio recalls more than 20,000 batteries December 2006: Nintendo said it would voluntarily replace 3.2 million straps attached to the controllers of its new Wii game consoles, and recalled about 200,000 AC adapters for its DS and DS Lite handheld game machines. The Wii strap failures are a global problem. 2007 Worldwide: February: Lenovo and Sanyo recalls 200,000 batteries. North America: March: Menu Foods and several other companies issue numerous pet food recalls. USA: March: Ford Motor Company recalls new 2008 Super Duty after reported tailpipe fires in the diesel version. Japan: March: Casio recalls About 12,000 units of the Electronic keyboards with the Problems being overheated, Causing a Fire Hazard. The information was Revised in 2009 by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after recalling about 20,000 batteries from their old keyboards Last year. USA: April: Nestlé voluntarily recalled its "Caramel Kit Kat Chunky" bars and "KitKat Cookie Dough Chocolate" bars due to some bits of hard plastic being found in the chocolate. USA: June: Foreign Tire Sales Inc. recalls tires imported from Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., of Hangzhou, China. The tires were not made to safety standards to prevent tread separation, a problem that led to the nation's largest tire recall in 2000 by Ford Motor Company. Foreign Tire Sales Inc., was unable to comply with the recall due to its limited resources. Further, Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber doesn't have accountability for a recall since the company is based solely in China and sells in the US through third-party re-sellers. Worldwide: June: The Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway toys were recalled due to risks of lead poisoning from the paint used on the train cars and locomotives included in the toys. An additional recall was also conducted in September 2007. USA: