The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (C.P.S.C.), joined with Health Canada recently announced the recall of over 10 million toys from children’s products company Fisher-Price. Consumers were strongly urged to stop using several models of tricycles, infant toys with inflatable toys, high chairs as well as wheelies for different hazards to children.
1. Roughly 7 million units of Fisher Price Trikes and Tough Trikes Toddler Tricycles were recalled because it was found that a child could hurt themselves with the protruding disc-shaped or D-shaped pretend plastic ignition key by striking, hitting or falling on it, possibly causing injury, even genital bleeding.
Recalled Models of Children’s Trikes:
- J72633 Hot Wheels Trike
- 72639 Barbie Free Spirit Trike
- 72642 Lil’ Kawasaki Trike
- 72643 Boys Tough Trike
- 72644 Girls Tough Trike
- 72792 Kawasaki Trike
- B8775 Kawasaki Tough Trike
- B8776 Barbie Tough Trike
- K6672 Dora the Explorer Tough Trike
- K6673 Diego Tough Trike
- M5727 Barbie Tough Trike Princess Ride-On
- N6021 Kawasaki Tough Trike
- T6209 Thomas Tough Trike
- V4270 Diego Tough Trike
2. Around 2.8 million units of Fisher-Price Infant Toys with Inflatable Balls were recalled because the inflatable ball’s valve can at times come off, serving as a choking hazard to children.
Recalled Model Numbers and Model Names of Infant Toys with Inflatable Balls:
- 73408 Baby Playzone Crawl & Cruise Playground
- B2408 Baby Playzone Crawl & Slide Arcade
- C3068 Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium
- H5704 Baby Gymnastics Play Wall
- H8094 Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium
- J0327 1-2-3 Tetherball
- K0476 Bat & Score Goal
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3. Approximately 950,000 Fisher-Price Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs were also recalled due to the laceration hazards posed by its pegs.
Recalled Model Numbers of Fisher-Price Healthy Care High Chairs:
- 79638
- 79639
- 79640
- 79641
- B0326
- B2105
- B2875
- C4630
- C4632
- C5936
- G4406
- G8659
- H0796
- H1152
- H4864
- H7241
- K2927
- L1912
Recalled Model Number of Fisher-Price Close to Me High Chairs:
- H8906
Recalled Model Numbers of Easy Clean High Chairs:
- H9178
- J4011
- J6292
- J8229
SOURCES:
- ABCNews.go.com, "Massive Fisher Price Recall: More Than 10M Toys"
- CPSC.gov, "The Fisher-Price Recall: More than 10 Million Products"
- CPSC.gov, "Fisher-Price Recalls Children's Trikes Due to Risk of Serious Injury"
- CPSR-RSPC.HC-SC.GC.CA, "Consumer Product Recalls"
- CPSC.gov, "Fisher-Price Recalls Infant Toys with Inflatable Balls Due to Choking Hazard"
- CPSC.gov, "Fisher-Price Recalls Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs Due to Laceration Hazard"
- CPSC.gov, "Fisher-Price Recalls Little People Wheelies Stand 'n Play Rampway Due to Choking Hazard"
- CPSR-RSPC.HC-SC.GC.CA, "Recall Notice"
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