Product: Flashlights and Batteries Sold in Kids Meals
Company: Halo Burger restaurants distributed the flashlights as a premium with the kids meals in Genesee and Saginaw Counties in Michigan, from October 2002 through November 4, 2002. The flashlights were sold individually for about $1.50.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The "AA" batteries provided with each flashlight can leak, which could cause irritation to the skin. When disassembled, the flashlights also have small parts that can pose a choking hazard to young children.
Company: IKEA stores nationwide sold the bears, from August 2001 through September 2002, for about $2.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The plastic beads inside of the bears could come out of the seams, posing an aspiration hazard to young children, who could inhale the small beads.
Company: Specialty toy stores, Internet retailers and mail order catalogs sold the caterpillar toys nationwide, from January 2002 through September 2002, for about $15.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The antenna on the pull toy can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Dollar Tree, Only One Dollar, Only $1, Dollar Express and Dollar Bills sold the stuffed animals nationwide, from April 2002 through August 2002, for $1.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The seams can separate, exposing the polyester stuffing and foam beads. The foam beads pose a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Dollar Tree, Only One Dollar, Only $1, Dollar Express and Dollar Bills sold the stuffed animals nationwide, from May 2001 through September 2002, for $1.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The eyes on the toys can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Independent discount stores located in Arizona, California, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina and New York sold these baby walkers, from May 2001 through June 2002, for between $18 and $22.
Hazard: The walkers will fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or killed if they fall down stairs.
Company: Independent discount stores located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Missouri and New York sold these baby walkers, from January 2000 through August 2001, for between $18 and $22
Hazard: The baby walkers can fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Babies using these baby walkers could be seriously injured or killed if they fall down stairs.
Company: McDonald's restaurants sold the figurines in the greater Chicago area, Northwest Indiana, Central Illinois and Rockford as part of a promotion that ran from August 19, 2002 through September 12, 2002 for about $5.00.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Chemical / Toxicity Hazard
Hazard: The paint on some of the figurines contains excess levels of lead. If ingested over time by children, the lead from the paint may present a lead poisoning hazard.
Company: Target stores sold the toy chest nationwide, from October 2001 through December 2001, for about $50.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: Screws in the chests' lid support hinges can loosen over time, and come out from the base of the toy chests. If this happens, the lids of the toy chests can collapse suddenly, possibly causing injuries to children's head, neck, fingers or hands.
Company: Duane Reede Drug Stores in the metropolitan New York area; Metro Beauty in Miami, Fla.; and Bu-Ba Beauty in Reseda, Calif. sold these hairdryers, between December 2000 and January 2002, for about $50. These hairdryers were intended for professional use, but could have been sold to consumers for personal use.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The hairdryers do not have an immersion protection device on the power cord and could present a serious electrocution hazard, if exposed to water.
Company: The lighters were sold nationwide, from May 1999 to May 2001, for $9.95.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards.
Product: Star Clacker wooden toys and Ride-On Duck wooden riding toys
Company: Pottery Barn Kids, of San Francisco, Calif.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The wooden peg can come off of the Star Clacker toy and pose a choking hazard. The Ride-On Duck's wheel cap can break, allowing the wheel to come off and release small parts, also presenting a choking hazard to young children. The Star Clacker wooden...
Company: Specialty toy stores, Internet retailers and mail order catalogs sold the recalled pull-along snails nationwide, from June 2001 through June 2002, for about $15.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The eyes on the pull toy can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Specialty toy stores, web retailers and school supply catalogs sold the recalled puzzle and activity sets, from January 1999 to July 2002. Toddler Totes were sold for about $15 and Familiar Things were sold for about $20.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The dog puzzle included with both of these products and the rubber handle on the box of the activity set can tear apart into small pieces and pose a choking hazard to small children.
Company: Toy stores, discount stores, catalogues and web retailers sold the Model 8 Roadsters nationwide, between January 2001 and July 2002, for about $70.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: A child can pull the horn from the steering wheel, and a small part inside poses a choking hazard to young children.
