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Product Recall Number: 19-054

Why was Children’s soft books recalled?

A metal grommet used to attach a fabric flap to a page in the book can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Children’s soft books
Here's product recall specific data for Children’s soft books.

  • Product Recall Number: 19-054

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2018-12-19

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Children’s soft books

  • Description: This recall involves “Find the Bear” soft fabric books with a variety of fabric flaps sewn or attached to the pages. The front cover has blue and purple horizontal stripes and a panda bear’s face sewn on. The Manhattan Toy logo is printed on a sewn-in label on the side of the book. Lot code “208150 AJ” is printed on another sewn-in label.

  • Hazard Description: A metal grommet used to attach a fabric flap to a page in the book can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 1,180 (in addition, about 20 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Manhattan Toy has received one report of the metal grommet detaching from the page. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled books away from children, stop using them and return it to the place of purchase or contact Manhattan Toy for a full refund.

  • Sold At: Independent specialty retailers nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Buybuybaby.com, Manhattantoy.com and other websites from March 2017 through July 2018 for about $18.

  • Importers: The Manhattan Toy Company LLC, of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: The Manhattan Toy Company LLC, of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed