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CPSC, Tiffany and Company Announce Recall of Farm Teether Rattles

  • Image of recalled Tiffany Baby Teether
Name of Product:
Farm Teether Rattle
Hazard:

A metal bar on the rattle can break off during use, releasing small round beads and small farm animal figures that roll off the crossbar when the soldered joints break. The beads can pose an aspiration hazard to young children. The breakage also can create ragged edges on the ring, posing a laceration hazard.

Remedy:
Refund
Replace
Recall Date:
February 25, 2005
Units:

About 3,700

Consumer Contact

For more information, customers can contact Tiffany and Company at (800) 464-5000 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Tiffany and Company also is contacting customers about the recall.

Recall Details

Description:

The recalled rattle is designed for children ages 3 months and up. The Farm Teether Rattle is a hollow, sterling silver ring approximately 3 inches in diameter with a bar across its center. The bar is attached to the interior of the ring at two points and has three farm animals (sheep, duck and cow) and two beads that rotate on the bar. Small plastic beads inside the ring rattle when the product is shaken. Inscribed on the rattle is "© 2002 TIFFANY & CO. 925."
 

Remedy:

Consumers can return the product to Tiffany and Company for a full refund, credit or a new rattle.

Incidents/Injuries:

CPSC and Tiffany and Company have received one report of a farm animal figure that was found in the mouth of a 7-month-old child. The child was not injured.

Sold At:
Tiffany and Company sold these rattles in its retail stores and from its catalogs and Web site from November 2002 through early March 2004 for about $150.
Manufacturer(s):
New England Sterling of Attleboro, Mass., for Tiffany and Company of New York, N.Y.
Manufactured In:
United States
Recall number:
05-544

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