PlainRecordsCPSC · Consumer product recall
BRIO soft hammer rattles
- Date
- Aug. 15, 2017
- Manufacturer
- BRIO, of Sweden
- CPSC title
- BRIO Recalls Baby Rattles Due to Choking Hazard
- Products
- BRIO soft hammer rattles
- Description
- This recall involves BRIO soft hammer baby rattle toys. They have a wooden handle with a white plastic teething ring at one end and a red, yellow, white and green hammer head at the other end. BRIO is stamped on the hammer head. The rattle is about 5 inches long.
- Hazard
- The wooden rings on the hammer rattles can crack, posing a choking hazard to children.
- Remedy
- Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled baby rattles and contact BRIO for instructions on how to receive a full refund or a replacement product of similar value.
- Remedy options
- Refund; Replace
- Units
- About 1,500 (in addition, about 190 rattles were sold in Canada)
- Injuries reported
- BRIO has received seven reports of the wooden ring cracking. No injuries have been reported.
- Sold at
- Home Goods, Kidding Around, Nordstrom and other specialty toy and mass retailer stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, from March 2015 through June 2017 for about $13.
- Made in
- China
- Consumer contact
- BRIO, through North American distributor Ravensburger, at www.brio.us and click on Recalls at the bottom of the page or call 800-886-1236 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information.
- Distributor
- Ravensburger North America, of Newton, N.H.
- Recall number
- 17207
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