Toys R Us Recalls Toy Toaster Sets Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recall Summary
Name of Product: Just Like Home Toy Toaster Sets
Hazard: The plastic toast, under pressure, can crack and break into small pieces creating sharp edges and posing a choking hazard.
Remedy: Refund
Consumer Contact: Toys R Us at (800) 869-7787 anytime or online at www.toysrus.com and click on News/Press Room under the About Us tab at the bottom of the page then click on the Safety tab and Product Recalls for more information.
Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Toys-R-Us-Recalls-Toy-Toaster-Sets/
Recall Details
Units: About 30,000 in the U.S. and about 6,000 in Canada
Description: The recall includes the Just Like Home brand toy toaster sets. The teal blue plastic toy toaster has silver trim around the slice opening on top, with an orange slider handle on the side and orange 3-dimensional adjustment knob outlined with orange dots in a half moon shape on the face of the toaster in the left bottom corner. "Just like home" is printed in white on the front right bottom corner of the toaster. The toaster measures about 4 inches in height by 5-1/2 inches in length by 2 inches in width. The toaster set was sold with two plastic toast slices and two plastic half bagel slice accessories. Model number 5F60589 is printed on a white label on the bottom of the toaster and above the UPC bar code in the lower right hand corner of the product packaging.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take this product away from children and return it to any Toys R Us to receive a full refund.
Sold exclusively at: Toys R Us stores nationwide and online at www.toysrus.com from July 2013 through August 2014 for about $10.
Importer: Toys R Us, of Wayne, N.J.
Manufacturer: Bright Kingdom Development LTD., Kolwoon, Hong Kong, China
Manufactured in: China
Note: Health Canada's press release is available at http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2014/41803r-eng.php
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