"Baby's First Squeeze Toys," "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, and "Telephone Receiver Rattle...
CPSC Recall #88-083 — October 10, 1988
Product
"Baby's First Squeeze Toys," "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, and "Telephone Receiver Rattle" toys
Description
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 in 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.
Hazard
The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. 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.
Remedy
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.
Units Affected
Approximately 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys," 75,000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, and 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles"
Sold At
The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987, and the "Telephone Receiver Rattles" sold for less than $2 in stores since December, 1987.