Thursday, September 30, 2010

Fisher Price Recalls

Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns in the U.S. and Canada.

150,000 of Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles were sold in Canada and the agencies are aware of 10 reports of children being hurt. Six of them required medical attention.

The trikes — some of which feature popular characters like Dora the Explorer and Barbie — have a protruding plastic ignition key near the seat that children can strike, sit on or fall on, leading to injuries.

Fisher-Price is also recalling the Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs, after 14 reports of problems. Seven children required stitches, and one suffered a tooth injury. One of the incidents was reported in Canada. About 125,000 of the chairs were sold in Canada.

The pegs on the back of the high chairs can be used to store the tray, but children can fall on them, resulting in cuts and other injuries.

The two other Fisher-Price recalls were:

— Baby Playzone Crawl & Cruise Playground toys, Baby Playzone Crawl & Slide Arcade toys, Baby Gymtastics Play Wall toys, Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium toys, 1-2-3 Tetherball toys and Bat & Score Goal toys. About 125,000 were sold in Canada.

The valve of the inflatable ball on the toys can come off and pose a choking hazard to children.

— Fisher-Price Little People Wheelies Stand 'n Play Rampway toys, 20,000 of them sold in Canada. The wheels on the purple and green cars can come off, posing a choking hazard. There have been two reports of a wheel detaching from a vehicle but no injuries have been reported.

Consumers can visit the company's website at www.service.mattel.com for more information on the dates of sale and model numbers for the recalled products.

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