Product Recall Number: 95-050
Why was "Hello Baby" toy rattle sets recalled?
During CPSC testing, the rattles separated into small parts (small balls and small plastic fragments) when dropped, presenting a choking hazard to babies and young children.
Product Recall Number: 95-050
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 1994-12-20
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Name Of Product: "Hello Baby" toy rattle sets
Description: The three-piece set, item #8003, which contains a plastic telephone, bird, and trumpet rattle, comes in assorted colors. Jade Express packaged the set in a cardboard box with an oval front cellophane window. The six-piece set, item #8006, contains the same three rattles as the three piece set, plus a rolling cage toy, a four ball rolling rattle, and a set of plastic keys. This set also comes in a cardboard box with an oval front cellophane window. Labels on the cartons of both sets read, "HELLO BABY AND BABY RATTLE...MADE IN CHINA." Jade Express distributed the three and six piece rattle sets, which sold for about $5 and $10 respectively, to chain, discount, and toy stores between October 1993 and August 1994 in Southern California, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, and Florida. Consumers are urged to take the rattles away from babies and young children immediately and return them to the stores where purchased for a full refund. Consumers who have questions about this recall can contact Jade Express Inc. at (213) 622-0922 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST. Neither CPSC nor Jade Express Inc. are aware of any injuries involving these pacifiers. This voluntary recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury. A CPSC representative discovered the potentially hazardous rattles during an inspection of another toy importer in Miami, Fla.
Hazard Description: During CPSC testing, the rattles separated into small parts (small balls and small plastic fragments) when dropped, presenting a choking hazard to babies and young children.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 80,000
Incidents: Neither CPSC nor Jade Express Inc. are aware of any injuries involving these pacifiers.
Remedy: Consumers are urged to take the rattles away from babies and young children immediately and return them to the stores where purchased for a full refund.
Sold At: None Listed
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed