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Recalls

June 07, 1993
Hazard:

The pacifiers fail to meet Federal regulations for pacifiers and could fall apart during use, causing a fatal choking hazard to infants and young children.

Remedy:

Consumers are urged to take the pacifiers away from infants and young children immediately and return them to the stores where purchased for a refund.

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 638-2772
June 01, 1993
Hazard:

Consumers have been electrocuted by contacting the exposed metal shafts and shocked by touching the ground in the vicinity of the probe.

Remedy:

Owners of affected worm probes should stop using the product and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. If you purchased a probe from a retailer not listed, contact the company and inform CPSC at 1-800-638-2772 to help identify other possible retailers. If you are not sure where the probe was purchased, you are advised to destroy the probe.

Units:

Approximately 83,000

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 237-8888
May 27, 1993
Hazard:

Strings from children's clothing may become entangled in the area where the handrail attaches to the slide. This presents a strangulation hazard.

Remedy:

Hedstrom, Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. and Turco are out of business. Consumers should discard or destroy these products immediately.

Units:

Approximately 1.5 million

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 638-2772
May 26, 1993
Hazard:

Hair can become entangled in one or both of the suction covers when the swim jets are on, posing a drowning hazard.

Remedy:

Consumers who own one of these swim spas should immediately contact Rio Plastics to arrange to receive two new suction covers free, designed to prevent hair entrapment. Until the replacement covers are installed, swim spa users should keep hair away from the suction covers.

Units:

About 1,300

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (956) 831-2715
May 24, 1993
Hazard:

Although the Teddy Bear passed all Federal regulations, Playskool received 18 complaints that the eyes separate from the Teddy Bear. While no injuries have been reported, a choking hazard does exist.

Remedy:

Return the Teddy Bear to Playskool, Inc., P.O. Box 1990, Pawtucket, RI 02802 for a full refund of the purchase price and postage; or return the Teddy Bear to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Units:

Approximately 170,390

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 752-9755
May 05, 1993
Hazard:

Testing of the toy telephones by CPSC found the antenna separates from the body of the toy telephone and presents a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy:

Consumers are urged to take the recalled toy telephones away from young children and return them to the stores where purchased for a full refund.

Units:

Approximately 7,000

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 336-8666
May 03, 1993
Hazard:

The seat component may either slide out of the slot in the chair base or fall from its slotted position due to inadequate engagement between the seat and the base.

Remedy:

If the seat does not fit securely into the slots of the base, immediately discontinue use of the product. The consumer can obtain a $5.00 partial refund by sending the white or red seat component of the booster seat to: Kids II, Inc., 1245 Old Alpharetta Road, Alpharetta, GA 30202.

Units:

Approximately 680,000

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (770) 751-0442
April 29, 1993
Hazard:

Thirty-six injuries, such as bruised or bloodshot eyes, when children used the toy by applying it to the face or eye, which creates suction.

Remedy:

Consumers who purchased Cap'n Crunch cereal containing the "popper" premium should discard the toy as a safety precaution.

Units:

Approximately 8.3 million

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 258-5400
April 22, 1993
Hazard:

Some of these Plug-In Light Controls may have a miswired antenna, which presents a shock hazard if the tip of the antenna is touched.

Remedy:

Consumers with affected Light Controls should immediately unplug them, being careful not to touch the tip of the antenna wire. Consumers may return the Light Controls to the nearest Sears store for exchange or refund.

Units:

Approximately 6,000

Consumer Contact:
Phone: (800) 528-0010
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