CPSC2001-03-19
CPSC, Eight Firms Announce the Recall of Zapper Toys
Bonita Marie International Inc., of Manasquan, N.J.
Hazard
The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately take these toys away from young children and take them back to where they were purchased, for a refund, or throw them away.
Sold at
Toy stores, doctor and dentist offices, and carnivals and circuses sold and distributed these toys, from October 1998 through March 2001. They were sold for about $1.
Affected count
About 835,000
Injuries reported
The Promotional Resources Group of Companies Inc., of Topeka, Kan., previously recalled about 105,000 Bug Zapper toys on June 6, 2000. That company received a report of a 3-year-old boy who inhaled a balloon tongue that detached from a Zapper toy into his sinus cavity. He required medical treatment to remove the part from his nose.
Manufactured in
China
Products
Bug Zapper toys
Consumer contact
If consumers have questions, call CPSC at (800) 638- 2772 anytime.
Official notice
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2001/CPSC-Eight-Firms-Announce-the-Recall-of-Zapper-ToysDon't want to check this manually?
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