K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys & Telephone Rattles
Reason for Recall / Hazard
Choking
Product Description & Identification
October 11, 1988 Release # 88-083 K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys and Telephone Rattles WASHINGTON, D.C.-- K Mart Corporation of Troy, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and an estimated 75, 000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, which sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987 and also an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" which sold for less than $2 stores since December, 1987.Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" came in three shapes: a telephone receiver, a barbell, and a dumbbell. The package was labeled "Baby's First Squeeze Toys", product code "#28-17-93." The playball squeeze toys came in the form of a baseball, a basketball, and a soccer ball. The package was labeled "Baby's First Playball," product code "#28-17-96."The rattles are shaped like a telephone receiver. They may break and produce plastic pieces and beads, which could present a choking hazard and may cut infants. The package was labeled "Plastic Telephone Receiver Rattle," product code "#28-17-86."U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified the rattles and squeeze toys during their joint surveillance program at the ports of Charleston, Dallas and Savannah
Affected Products
Baby's First Playball squeeze toys; Baby's First Squeeze Toys; Telephone Receiver Rattle toys
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1988/K-Mart-Recalls-Squeeze-Toys-Telephone-Rattles |
| Title | K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys & Telephone Rattles |
| Hazards › Name | Choking |
| Products › 1 › Name | Baby's First Playball squeeze toys |
| Products › 1 › Type | Toy Balls |
| Products › 1 › Category I D | 2183 |
| Products › 2 › Name | Baby's First Squeeze Toys |
| Products › 2 › Type | Toy Miscellaneous |
| Products › 2 › Category I D | 2198 |
| Products › 3 › Name | Telephone Receiver Rattle toys |
| Products › 3 › Type | Rattles |
| Products › 3 › Category I D | 2093 |
| Recall I D | 4779 |
| Recall Date | 1988-10-11T00:00:00 |
| Description | October 11, 1988 Release # 88-083 K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys and Telephone Rattles WASHINGTON, D.C.-- K Mart Corporation of Troy, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and an estimated 75, 000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, which sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987 and also an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" which sold for less than $2 stores since December, 1987.Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" came in three shapes: a telephone receiver, a barbell, and a dumbbell. The package was labeled "Baby's First Squeeze Toys", product code "#28-17-93." The playball squeeze toys came in the form of a baseball, a basketball, and a soccer ball. The package was labeled "Baby's First Playball," product code "#28-17-96."The rattles are shaped like a telephone receiver. They may break and produce plastic pieces and beads, which could present a choking hazard and may cut infants. The package was labeled "Plastic Telephone Receiver Rattle," product code "#28-17-86."U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified the rattles and squeeze toys during their joint surveillance program at the ports of Charleston, Dallas and Savannah |
| Recall Number | 88083 |
| Manufacturers › Name | Kmart |
| Last Publish Date | 2015-01-05T00:00:00 |