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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.

BRIO soft hammer rattles
Here's product recall specific data for BRIO soft hammer rattles.

  • 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