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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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June 6, 1989 |
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Release # 89-047 |
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Toys R Us
Recalling Crib Toy For Potential
Strangulation Risk
WASHINGTON -- Toys R Us,
Paramus, New Jersey, is voluntarily
recalling approximately 700 Educalux
crib toys because of a potential
strangulation risk to infants.
Toys R Us, sold this toy for
approximately $15.00 during 1988 in
stores in California, Chicago,
Illinois; and the New York/New
Jersey metropolitan area. The "Pram
and Cot Baby Toy" has a wooden bar
suspended by yellow elastic cords
that attach to the sides of a crib
with white plastic hooks. "Educalux"
and "Made in France" appear on a
blue and white label on the wooden
bar. Plastic teddy bears and a
flower figure are suspended from the
bar along with some brightly colored
wooden grasping.
Although no strangulations or
injuries have been reported
involving this product, Toys R Us is
recalling the toy because consumers
may leave it in a crib or playpen
longer than is considered safe. The
package states the crib toy is
appropriate for infants beginning at
three months of age, but does not
caution consumers to remove the
product from a crib when infant
begins to push up on hands and knees
or reaches five months of age. The
packaging also does not contain
information about the potential risk
if the toy is not removed from
cribs.
According to the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, beginning
at about five months of age, infants
may be able to pull themselves up to
a hanging crib toy, become entangled
or fall forward over it, possible
strangling.
Consumers who have the Educalux crib
toy should remove it from cribs or
playpens and return it to the
nearest Toys R Us for a full refund.
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CPSC is still
interested in receiving incident or
injury reports that are either
directly related to this product
recall or involve a different hazard
with the same product. Please tell
us about it by visiting
https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission is charged with
protecting the public from
unreasonable risks of serious injury
or death from thousands of types of
consumer products under the agency's
jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed
to protecting consumers and families
from products that pose a fire,
electrical, chemical, or mechanical
hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure
the safety of consumer products -
such as toys, cribs, power tools,
cigarette lighters, and household
chemicals - contributed
significantly to the decline in the
rate of deaths and injuries
associated with consumer products
over the past 30 years.
To report a dangerous product or
a product-related injury, call
CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or
CPSC's teletypewriter at (301)
595-7054. To join a CPSC e-mail
subscription list, please go to
https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.
Consumers can obtain recall and
general safety information by
logging on to CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
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