The Manhattan Group, LLC recalls Busy Loops Table Top Toy
- Starting date:
- March 31, 2016
- Posting date:
- March 31, 2016
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Toys
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Choking Hazard
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-57648
Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and The Manhattan Group, LLC.
Affected products
Manhattan Toy Busy Loops Table Top Toy
Product description
This recall involves Manhattan Toy's Busy Loops Table Top Toy. The Busy Loops toy is a colourful maze of soft plastic tubing and moving rings with a suction cup bottom. The plastic tubing is orange, green, blue and purple with plastic beads threaded on the tubes that can slide up and down. The tubes sit on a blue plastic base with an orange plastic suction cup. The toy is approximately 11.43 cm wide x 11.43 cm long x 17.78 cm high (4.5" W x 4.5"L x 7"H) and is intended for children 6+ months.
The toy can be identified by item number 700470 and UPC 011964476329, date code FH.
Hazard identified
The round plastic beads can break into small pieces, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Neither Health Canada nor Manhattan Group has received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries in Canada.
Manhattan Group has received 2 reports of the plastic beads breaking. No injuries have been reported.
For some tips to help consumers choose safe toys and to help them keep children safe when they play with toys, see the General Toy Safety Tips.
Number sold
Approximately 448 of the recalled toys were sold in Canada and approximately 2100 of the recalled toys were sold in the United States.
Time period sold
The recalled toys were sold from September 2015 to January 2016 in both Canada and the United States.
Place of origin
Manufactured in China.
Companies
- Distributor
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The Manhattan Group, LLC
Minneapolis
Minnesota
UNITED STATES
- Manufacturer
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Lorenz Toys Co. Ltd
Hong Kong
CHINA
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and return to the retail outlet where it was purchased for a full refund.
For more information, consumers may contact The Manhattan Group, LLC by telephone at 1-800-541-1345 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday. Consumers may also visit the firm's website for additional information.
Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's website.
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.