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U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionRecalled 1988-10-11

K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys & Telephone Rattles

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Baby's First Playball squeeze toys

  • Brand Kmart

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What happened

K Mart Corporation is voluntarily recalling approximately 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys," 75,000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, and 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles." The squeeze toys, sold for less than $1.00 since November 1987, came in three shapes (telephone receiver, barbell, and dumbbell) with product code #28-17-93, or as baseballs, basketballs, and soccer balls with product code #28-17-96. The rattles, sold for less than $2.00 since December 1987 and shaped like telephone receivers with product code #28-17-86, were identified during a joint surveillance program by U.S. Customs Service and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and pose a choking hazard to children under three years of age. The telephone rattles may break and produce plastic pieces and beads that could present a choking hazard and may cut infants. Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price.

Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

Hazard

Choking

Details from the source

October 11, 1988 Release # 88-083 K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys and Telephone Rattles WASHINGTON, D.C.-- K Mart Corporation of Troy, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and an estimated 75, 000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, which sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987 and also an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" which sold for less than $2 stores since December, 1987.Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" came in three shapes: a telephone receiver, a barbell, and a dumbbell. The package was labeled "Baby's First Squeeze Toys", product code "#28-17-93." The playball squeeze toys came in the form of a baseball, a basketball, and a soccer ball. The package was labeled "Baby's First Playball," product code "#28-17-96."The rattles are shaped like a telephone receiver. They may break and produce plastic pieces and beads, which could present a choking hazard and may cut infants. The package was labeled "Plastic Telephone Receiver Rattle," product code "#28-17-86."U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified the rattles and squeeze toys during their joint surveillance program at the ports of Charleston, Dallas and Savannah

Source

Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗

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