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What's Inside? Soft Toy Boxes
- Starting date:
- May 1, 2009
- Posting date:
- May 1, 2009
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Toys
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-500002007
Affected products
What's Inside? Soft Toy Boxes
Product description
This recall involves a soft, plush, multicolour feely box by Lakeshore Learning Materials. The words "What's Inside?" are embroidered on the front of the box, and pictures of a lion, flower, and purple butterfly are stitched on another side of the box. Each box contains 10 small stuffed toys of various shapes. The recalled toy is identified by item number JJ909 and the UPC code 0633682079844.
Hazard identified
The head of the pink and purple stuffed butterfly, which is one of the ten small stuffed toys described above, can detach from the body, posing a choking hazard to children.
Lakeshore Learning Materials has received three reports of the head of the butterfly detaching from the body, with no reported injuries.
Health Canada has not received any reports of incidents or injuries related to the use of this product.
For some tips to help consumers choose safe toys and to help them keep children safe when they play with toys, see Toy Safety.
Number sold
Approximately 141 of the recalled toys were sold in Canada at schools and daycares, through the Wintergreen catalogue, and online at www.wintergreen.ca.
Time period sold
The recalled toys were sold from September 2008 to February 2009.
Place of origin
Manufactured in China.
Companies
- Distributor
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Wintergreen Learning Materials
Bradford
CANADA
http://www.wintergreen.ca
Tel: 1-800-268-1268
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately take the recalled product away from children.
Consumers who ordered this item during the time period specified below may contact Wintergreen Learning Materials to receive a free replacement butterfly.
For more information, consumers may contact Wintergreen Learning Materials at 1-800-268-1268 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site.