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Product Recall Number: 88-115

Why was Safety Pin Rattle, model #4642 recalled?

The rattle is small enough to fit into an infant's mouth, and long enough to reach the back of the throat and possibly cause choking.

Safety Pin Rattle, model #4642
Here's product recall specific data for Safety Pin Rattle, model #4642.

  • Product Recall Number: 88-115

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 1988-12-19

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Safety Pin Rattle, model #4642

  • Description: WASHINGTON -- A Safety Pin Rattle is being voluntarily recalled by Fiber-Craft Materials Corp. of Niles, Illinois, because it presents a possible choking hazard to infants and young children. Sold in craft stores, the rattles were marketed as decorations. Made of blue, pink or yellow plastic and shaped like a safety pin, the model #4642 rattle is approximately four inches long with noise-making beads inside. The rattle is small enough to fit into an infant's mouth, and long enough to reach the back of the throat and possibly cause choking. Consumers who purchased the recalled Safety Pin Rattles should immediately take them away from infants and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund of the purchase price. For additional information, call Fiber-Craft at 1-312-647-1140. The U.S. Customs Service identified the hazardous rattle at the Port of Chicago during "Operation Toyland," a joint surveillance program with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

  • Hazard Description: The rattle is small enough to fit into an infant's mouth, and long enough to reach the back of the throat and possibly cause choking.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: None Listed

  • Incidents: None Listed

  • Remedy: Consumers who purchased the recalled Safety Pin Rattles should immediately take them away from infants and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund of the purchase price.

  • Sold At: Sold in craft stores, the rattles were marketed as decorations.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed