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CPSC, Target Stores Recall Inflatable Snoopy Christmas Toys

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Name of Product:
"Inflatable Snoopy Plastic Christmas" children's toys
Hazard:

The inflator plug, if removed from the toy, presents a potential choking hazard to young children.

Remedy:
Refund
Recall Date:
December 21, 1994
Units:

About 48,000

Consumer Contact

For more information about this recall, call CPSC at (800) 638-2772 or write Target Stores at 33 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1392 Attention Quality Assurance, CC 13-B.

Recall Details

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Target Stores of Minneapolis, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 48,000 "Inflatable Snoopy Plastic Christmas" children's toys.

Target received one report of a child who was found with the inflator plug, detached from the Snoopy toy, in the child's mouth. While no injury resulted, the inflator plug, if removed from the toy, presents a potential choking hazard to young children.

The toys, sold inflated, come in the following three styles, all of which include a ringing ball inside the inflatable, plastic form: (1) a green, plastic, miniature punching bag with the Snoopy character dressed as Santa; (2) a round, red, plastic ball with the Snoopy character dressed as Santa going down a chimney; (3) and a rattle-shaped plastic toy in green with Snoopy, a snowflake, and Woodstock, or in blue with Woodstock and Snoopy in front of a wreath. Target Stores sold the toys nationwide from October 1994 to December 1994 for $1.99.

The toys should be taken away from young children immediately and returned to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information about this recall, call CPSC at (800) 638-2772 or write Target Stores at 33 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1392 Attention Quality Assurance, CC 13-B.

Neither CPSC nor Target Stores is aware of any injuries involving this toy; this recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

Remedy:

The toys should be taken away from young children immediately and returned to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Incidents/Injuries:

Target received one report of a child who was found with the inflator plug, detached from the Snoopy toy, in the child's mouth. Neither CPSC nor Target Stores is aware of any injuries involving this toy.

Sold At:
Target Stores sold the toys nationwide from October 1994 to December 1994 for $1.99.
Recall number:
95-044

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