Brio wooden clown toys
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
BRIO Corp. is voluntarily replacing hats on approximately 79,000 wooden clown toys due to a choking hazard. The clown toy is a 9-inch high wooden stacking toy consisting of 12 brightly colored pieces with a yellow cone-shaped hat, stamped with "BRIO...MADE IN SWEDEN" on the base. The toy was sold in specialty stores and mail order catalogs nationwide from 1977 through September 1997 for about $19. BRIO received one report of a 22-month-old child in Germany choking to death on the clown's hat, with no other injuries or complaints reported.
According to the recall notice, consumers should immediately take the clown's hat away from children and send it to BRIO Corp., N120 W18485 Freistadt Road, Germantown, WI 53022. BRIO will send a redesigned replacement hat and postage reimbursement. Consumers with questions can call BRIO toll-free at (888) 274-6869 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST Monday through Friday.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Choking
Wooden Clown Toys Recalled by BRIO NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 1997 Release # 98-024 Company Phone Number: (888) 274-6869 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063 CPSC, BRIO Announce Recall of Wooden Clown Toys to Replace Hats WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), BRIO Corp. of Germantown, Wis., a subsidiary of BRIO AB of Sweden, is voluntarily replacing the hats on about 79,000 wooden clown toys. The hats present a potential choking hazard to young children. BRIO has received one report of a 22-month-old child in Germany reportedly choking to death on the clown's hat. No other injuries or complaints have been reported. The clown is a 9-inch high wooden stacking toy consisting of 12 brightly colored pieces, including the base. When all of the pieces are stacked in order, the toy resembles the figure of a clown with a yellow cone-shaped hat. The words, "BRIO...MADE IN SWEDEN" are stamped on the bottom of the toy's base. The toy is packaged in a red, white and yellow cardboard box. Pictures of the toy, model number 30130 and the words "BRIO...CLOWN" appear on the box. Specialty stores and mail order catalogs nationwide sold the toy from 1977 through September 1997, most recently for about $19. BRIO clown toys currently being sold have the redesigned hat and are in boxes labeled, "CONTAINS NEW HAT DESIGN." Consumers should take the clown's hat away from children immediately and send the hat to BRIO Corp., N120 W18485 Freistadt Road, Germantown, WI 53022. BRIO will send consumers a redesigned replacement hat and postage reimbursement. Consumers with questions should call BRIO toll-free at (888) 274-6869 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST Monday through Friday.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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