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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CONTACT:
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MAY 26, 1992
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(301) 504-7908
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Release # 92-088
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M. Ginsburg & Co. Recalls Toy Nursing Bottle Due To Choking Hazard
PRODUCT: 144,000 Toy Nursing Bottles measuring 2-1/4 inches tall, with a twist on and off blue or pink cap and a hole in the nipple of each cap.
PROBLEM: The bottle caps present a possible choking hazard to young children.
WHAT TO DO: Return to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information, consumers may call M. Ginsburg & Co. at 1-312-243-2734.
WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), M. Ginsburg & Co. of Chicago, IL is voluntarily recalling 144,000 Toy Nursing Bottles, model number 6608. The bottle caps separated from the bottles posing a potential choking hazard for young children when CPSC tested the Toy Nursing Bottle in accordance with regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
The Toy Nursing Bottle measures 2-1/4 inches tall and comes with twist on and off blue or pink caps and a hole in the nipple of each cap. The bottles were made in Hong Kong.
The Toy Nursing Bottle, imported by M. Ginsburg & Co., was sold nationwide at craft stores from January 1982 through January 1992. The bottles sold for a retail price of $1.00 each.
Consumers are urged to take the bottles away from young children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information, consumers may call M. Ginsburg & Co. at 1-312-243-2734.
Neither CPSC nor the company is aware of any injuries involving this product. This voluntary recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.
The potentially hazardous toy was identified at the Port of Chicago, IL, during a joint CPSC/U.S. Customs surveillance program.
CPSC is announcing this recall as part of its mission to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. The Commission's objective is to reduce the estimated 28.5 million injuries and 21,600 deaths associated each year with the 15,000 different types of consumer products under CPSC's jurisdiction.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
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