Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2001-05-24T00:00:00
Product: Tropical Fish and Rockin' Reptile Push'n Pop toys
Company: Toy stores, doctor and dentist offices, and carnivals and circuses sold and distributed these toys, from August 1998 through March 2001. They were sold for about $1.
Hazard: The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, which poses choking and aspiration hazards to young children.
Description: The vinyl toys are about 2 to 3 inches long, and come in two different styles: a fish and lizard. When the toy is squeezed, the balloon tongue attached to its mouth inflates or rolls out. "MADE IN CHINA" is molded into the toy.
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.
Incidents / Injuries: There was 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.
Recall Number: 01160a
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard