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Product Recall Number: 02-530

Why was Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys recalled?

The plastic tubes can break from the wooden base, releasing beads, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys
Here's product recall specific data for Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys.

  • Product Recall Number: 02-530

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2002-04-01

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys

  • Description: PRODUCT: Children's maze toy -Discovery Toys of Livermore, Ca., is voluntarily recalling about 21,000 Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys, model #1612. The toy contains four-circuit flexible wires coated in blue, orange, red and yellow plastic tubes, sliding multi-colored shaped beads, and two abacuses that attach to a wooden base. The toy measures 9 1/2 inches by 8 inches by 7 inches. Four suction cups anchor the maze to most non-porous surfaces. Discovery Toys' Educational Consultants sold the recalled toy nationwide from July 2001 to January 2002.PROBLEM: The plastic tubes can break from the wooden base, releasing beads, posing a choking hazard to young children.INCIDENTS/INJURIES: Discovery Toys has received nine reports of the tubes breaking. No injuries have been reported.WHAT TO DO: Consumers should stop using the toy immediately and contact Discovery Toys to receive a free replacement. For more information, call Discovery Toys at (800) 341-8697, Monday through Friday PST 7:00 am to 3:30pm, visit the website at www.discoverytoysinc.com, email productsupport@discoverytoys.net, or contact an educational consultant. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.

  • Hazard Description: The plastic tubes can break from the wooden base, releasing beads, posing a choking hazard to young children.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 21,000

  • Incidents: Discovery Toys has received nine reports of the tubes breaking. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop using the toy immediately and contact Discovery Toys to receive a free replacement. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.

  • Sold At: Discovery Toys' Educational Consultants sold the recalled toy nationwide from July 2001 to January 2002.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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