Happy-Mates squeeze toys
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Electra-Plastics, Inc. has recalled four "Happy-Mates" squeeze toys due to choking hazards. The toys—an orange lion, yellow cat, green frog, and pink pig, all with bow ties and measuring 3.5 inches overall—have bulbous ends between 3/4 and 1 1/4 inches in diameter that are small enough to lodge in a child's throat and obstruct the airway. Although no choking incidents involving these specific toys have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, similar shaped toys have been involved in choking deaths. Approximately 8,000 to 9,000 of these toys were distributed primarily in the northeastern states over the two years prior to the recall.
According to the record, consumers should remove these products from use immediately and return them to the retailer where purchased for a full refund, or return them directly to Electra-Plastics, Inc. at Building 305, Navy and Neptune Streets, Port Newark, New Jersey 07114 (telephone: 201-589-2525) for a full refund.
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Choking
Squeeze Toys Recalled by Electra-Plastics NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 1982 Release # 82-047 Happy-Mates Squeeze Toy Recall WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Electra-Plastics, Inc. of Port Newark, New Jersey, today announced a voluntary recall of four "Happy-Mates" squeeze toys because they are small enough to lodge in the throat of a child and obstruct the airway thus causing choking and/or suffocation. Although these particular toys have not been involved in any choking incident known to CPSC, similar shaped toys have been involved in choking deaths. Between 8 pnd 9 thousand of these toys have been distributed primarily in the northeastern states during the last 2 years. All four squeeze toys have bulbous or flared ends measuring 3/4" to 1 l/4" in diameter and handles that are 2 3/4" long. Overall length of the toys is.5". The toys are: orange lion's head with bow tie on orange handle yellow cat's head with bow tie on yellow handle green frog's head with bow tie on white handle pink pig's head with bow tie 'on pink handle The toys are made of soft easily compressed plastic material and are packaged and sold under the brand name "Happy Mates." They are stamped "Taiwan" on the squeaky portion. The packaging bears the number H702. Consumers should remove these products from use immediately and return to the retailer where purchased for full refund. Or consumers may return the toys to Electra-Plastics, Inc., Bldg. 305, Navy and Neptune Streets, Port Newark, N.J. 07114 for a full refund. The telephone number is 201-589-2525. Retailers should remove the toys from sale immediately and return to Electra-Plastics, Inc. for a full refund.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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