Product Recall Number: 17-207
Why was BRIO soft hammer rattles recalled?
The wooden rings on the hammer rattles can crack, posing a choking hazard to children.
Product Recall Number: 17-207
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2017-08-15
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: BRIO soft hammer rattles
Description: This recall involves BRIO soft hammer baby rattle toys. They have a wooden handle with a white plastic teething ring at one end and a red, yellow, white and green hammer head at the other end. BRIO is stamped on the hammer head. The rattle is about 5 inches long.
Hazard Description: The wooden rings on the hammer rattles can crack, posing a choking hazard to children.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund, Replace
Units: About 1,500 (in addition, about 190 rattles were sold in Canada)
Incidents: BRIO has received seven reports of the wooden ring cracking. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled baby rattles and contact BRIO for instructions on how to receive a full refund or a replacement product of similar value.
Sold At: Home Goods, Kidding Around, Nordstrom and other specialty toy and mass retailer stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, from March 2015 through June 2017 for about $13.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: BRIO, of Sweden
Distributors: Ravensburger North America, of Newton, N.H.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed