Product Recall Number: 88-027
Why was Rainbow Bell baby rattles, Item CT-8013 recalled?
The rattle presents a choking hazard because the handle is small enough to enter a child's mouth and long enough to reach the back of the throat, and because the metal bell can detach from the top part of the rattle.
Product Recall Number: 88-027
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 1988-05-10
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Rainbow Bell baby rattles, Item CT-8013
Description: WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Li Peng Enterprises, Inc., Los Angeles, California, today announced the voluntary recall of Rainbow Bell baby rattles, Item CT-8013, which present a choking hazard to infants. The rattles are multicolored plastic with a handle made up of what appears to be beads at one end and 4 bell-shaped noise makers in a circle at the other end. The item is labeled, "C T Made In Taiwan". Neither Li Peng nor the Commission know of any injuries caused by these baby rattles. The rattle presents a choking hazard because the handle is small enough to enter a child's mouth and long enough to reach the back of the throat, and because the metal bell can detach from the top part of the rattle. Consumers should take the rattles away from infants immediately and return the rattles to the retail store where purchased for a full refund of the purchase price. Approximately 86,400 of the baby rattles were sold between June 1987 and August 1987 for $2.85. The rattles were identified during Operation Toyland import surveillance in the Port of Los Angeles. Operation Toyland is part of a cooperative program between U.S. Customs and the CPSC to stop non-complying hazardous toys from being distributed.
Hazard Description: The rattle presents a choking hazard because the handle is small enough to enter a child's mouth and long enough to reach the back of the throat, and because the metal bell can detach from the top part of the rattle.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: Approximately 86,400
Incidents: Neither Li Peng nor the Commission know of any injuries caused by these baby rattles.
Remedy: Consumers should take the rattles away from infants immediately and return the rattles to the retail store where purchased for a full refund of the purchase price.
Sold At: None Listed
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed