CBS Toys Giggle Sticks
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CBS Toys is voluntarily recalling four million "Giggle Stick" toys due to a choking hazard. The toy consists of a hollow yellow plastic tube with a metal reed inside an interior plastic cylinder. Young children can remove the red end-caps, exposing the interior cylinder, and some reeds have fallen out of toys with open-end caps. Since March 1979, three children have choked on the reeds, though no injuries resulted. The toys were manufactured starting in December 1978 and sold nationwide in variety stores for less than $2, advertised for children ages 3 and older.
Affected consumers should return the toys to retailers for a refund or a new redesigned "Giggle Stick," or mail their used toys to Gabriel Industries at Longmeadow Road, P.O. Box 980, Hagerstown, Maryland, 21740 for a refund or replacement. The redesigned version can be identified in retail stores by the words "New, Improved" on the red cardboard flag wrapped around the toy.
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Choking
Giggle Stick Toys Recalled by CBS Toys NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 1979 Release # 79-056 4 Million "Giggle Stick" Toys Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 3) -- CBS Toys, a division of CBS, Inc., of New York City, is voluntarily recalling four million units of a toy which may pose a choking hazard to children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced. The toy, called the Gabriel "Giggle Stick", consists of a hollow, yellow plastic tube which, when shaken, produces noises by means of a metal reed fastened inside an interior plastic cylinder. Young children can remove the red end-caps of the toy, exposing the interior plastic cylinder which houses the small reed inside. Some reeds have fallen out of those "Giggle Sticks" designed with open-end caps. Since March, 1979, three children have choked on the reeds, according to CBS Toys. No injuries have resulted. The "Giggle Sticks" have been manufactured since December, 1978, and sold in variety stores nationwide for less than $2. The toys are advertised as suitable for children ages 3 and older. Parents should return the toys to their retailers for a refund or a new "Giggle Stick" which has been redesigned to eliminate the safety hazard. Consumers also can receive a refund or a new "Giggle Stick" by mailing their used ones to: Gabriel Industries, Longmeadow Road, P.O. Box 980, Hagerstown, Maryland, 21740. In retail stores, consumers can identify a redesigned "Giggle Stick" by looking for the words, "New, Improved" on the red cardboard flag wrapped around the toy.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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