Wee Gallery Ocean and Safari Animal Wooden Tray Puzzles recalled due to choking hazard
- Starting date:
- August 25, 2021
- Posting date:
- August 25, 2021
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Toys
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-76241
Last updated:
2021-08-25
Summary
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Product:
Wee Gallery Ocean and Safari Animal Wooden Tray Puzzles. -
Issue:
The tentacle of the octopus piece and the trunk of the elephant puzzle piece may break, releasing a small part, posing a choking hazard. -
What to do:
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled puzzles and contact Wee Gallery Inc. for a refund.
Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Wee Gallery Inc.
Affected products
Ocean and Safari Animal Wooden Tray Puzzles
Product description
Each puzzle is approximately 10x7 inches, made of natural rubberwood, with six flat wooden animals that fit into recessed spaces on the wooden tray. The Ocean puzzle features a whale, tortoise, fish, starfish, sea horse, and octopus. The Safari version features a sun, crocodile, giraffe, lion, snake, and elephant. The animals are either natural wood color, light or darker brown, with features painted in black.
The name "Wee Gallery" is printed along the right edge of the tray, and either "Ocean Animals" or "Safari Animals" is written towards the center of the tray between the animal figures. The back of the tray features a drawing of either ocean or safari themes. They are labelled for ages 18 months and up. The SKU number for the Ocean puzzle is WG 5023 and the SKU number for the Safari puzzle is WG5022.
Hazard identified
If dropped, the tentacle of the octopus piece in the Ocean puzzle and the trunk of the elephant in the Safari puzzle may break, releasing a small part, posing a choking hazard.
As of July 2, 2021 the company has received no reports of incidents in Canada, and no reports of injuries. In the United States, the company has received 2 reports of incidents, and no reports of injuries. The company received 4 additional reports outside of North America, with no reports of injury.
Number sold
The company reported that 506 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and 3,735 were sold in the United States.
Time period sold
The affected products were sold from February, 2020 to June, 2021.
Place of origin
Manufactured in Thailand
Companies
- Manufacturer
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Wee Gallery, Inc.
St. Petersburg
Florida
UNITED STATES
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled puzzles and contact Wee Gallery Inc. for a refund.
For more information, consumers may contact Wee Gallery by telephone at 1-800-282-5149, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST or by email at puzzlerecall@weegallery.com.
Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's website (US CPSC to provide link).
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.