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CPSC, Graco Announce Recall to Repair Activity Trays and Bath Sets

  • Drawing of Graco Activity Tray with Suction Cups
  • Boy Playing with Activity Tray
  • Girl Smiling at Toy Netting in Bathtub
  • Girl in High Chair Playing with Activity Tray
Name of Product:
Graco® and Children On The Go® brand Stroller Snack and Activity Trays, Bathtime Activity Trays, and Bathtime Toy Netting products
Hazard:

The suction cups can detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy:
Repair
Recall Date:
August 27, 1999
Units:

About 100,000

Consumer Contact

To receive a free repair kit, consumers should call Graco at (800) 345-4109 anytime. Consumers also can write to Customer Affairs, Graco Children's Products Inc., P.O. Box 100, Elverson, PA 19520.

Recall Details

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Graco Children's Products Inc., of Elverson, Pa., is recalling about 100,000 activity trays and bath sets with suction cups for repair. The suction cups can detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children.

Graco has received four reports of children starting to choke after putting the suction cups in their mouths, including one that required use of the Heimlich maneuver.

The activity trays and bath sets being recalled are the Graco® and Children On The Go® brand Stroller Snack and Activity Trays, Bathtime Activity Trays, and Bathtime Toy Netting products. The activity trays attach with suction cups to tiled or smooth surfaces. There are four toys attached to each tray. The tray toys are removable and interchangeable with other Mix 'N Move™ toys, which are purchased separately. The Stroller Snack and Activity Tray's toys include a toucan, rolling ball, star and dog. The Bathtime Activity Tray's toys include an octopus, u-tube, spinning ball and paddlewheel. "Graco'' or "Children On The Go" is on the underside of the tray. The Bathtime Toy Netting consists of a clam soap holder and fish washcloth holder that attaches with suction cups to tiled or smooth surfaces. A net, used to store toys, hangs between the clam and fish. "Graco'' is on the back of the clam and fish.

Discount, department and juvenile product stores nationwide, including Toys "R" Us and Sears, sold these activity trays and bath sets from January 1998 until August 1999 for about $10 to $15.

Consumers should stop using these products immediately. To receive a free repair kit, consumers should call Graco at (800) 345-4109 anytime or access the company's web site. Consumers also can write to Customer Affairs, Graco Children's Products Inc., P.O. Box 100, Elverson, PA 19520.

Remedy:

Consumers should stop using these products immediately. To receive a free repair kit, consumers should call Graco at (800) 345-4109 anytime.

Incidents/Injuries:

Graco has received four reports of children starting to choke after putting the suction cups in their mouths, including one that required use of the Heimlich maneuver.

Sold At:
Discount, department and juvenile product stores nationwide, including Toys "R" Us and Sears, sold these activity trays and bath sets from January 1998 until August 1999 for about $10 to $15.
Recall number:
99-162

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