Oriental Trading Dress Up Clown toy clown dolls
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Oriental Trading Company, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska is recalling brightly colored toy clown dolls marketed as the "Dress Up Clown" but packaged as "Funny Clown" because they contain small parts that present a choking risk to young children. The dolls, which were sold by mail order and retailers nationwide for $3.00 each between December 1988 and the recall announcement, are approximately 13 inches long, clothed in red, blue, and yellow with yellow string hair, a clown's cap, and various fasteners including a snap, button, zipper, buckle, and shoe laces. The dolls can be identified by a cloth tag on the cap reading "Oriental Trading Co., Inc." Testing by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found that zipper clasps, buttons, and buckles came off the dolls, creating a choking hazard.
Consumers who own a Funny Clown dress up doll should return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Those who purchased the doll directly from Oriental by mail catalogue may call the company's toll-free number at 1-800-327-9678 to arrange for a refund.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Choking
Nebraska Importer Recalls "Funny Clown" Dressing DolL NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: November 21, 1989 (301) 504-7908 Release # 90-011 Nebraska Importer Recalls "Funny Clown" Dressing Doll WASHINGTON---Brightly colored toy clown dolls, marketed as the "Dress Up Clown," are being recalled by Oriental Trading Company, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska because they contain small parts that present a choking risk to young children. The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The clown dolls, although marketed as the "Dress Up Clown," came in a package labeled "Funny Clown." They were sold by mail order catalogue and by retailers nationwide for $3.00 each between December 1988 and the present. Clothed primarily in red, blue and yellow, this doll has yellow string hair, a clown's cap and is about 13 inches long. It also has a snap, a button, a zipper, a buckle and shoe laces intended to introduce young children to various dressing functions. The clown doll may be identified by a cloth tag sewn onto the doll's cap that says: "Oriental Trading Co., Inc." When the Commission tested the clown dolls in accordance with the regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, zipper clasps, buttons and buckles came off the dolls. The Commission alleges that these small parts make the dolls banned hazardous substances because they present a choking, ingestion and aspiration hazard to children. Consumers owning the Funny Clown dress up dolls should return the dolls to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers who purchased the doll from Oriental by direct mail catalogue may arrange for a refund by phoning the company at its toll-free number, 1-800-327-9678.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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