Baby Cookie Monster Toys Sold with DVD at Wal-Mart Recalled for Choking Hazard
Recall 07009 · Oct 18, 2006 · The Betesh Group
31,000
units affected
31,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 07009
- Date
- Oct 18, 2006
- Company
- The Betesh Group
- Units affected
- 31,000
- Product
- Baby Cookie Monster Plush Toys
- Product type
- Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
- Hazard
- Choking
The product
This recall involves the Baby Cookie Monster plush toy packaged with certain Sesame Beginnings Make Music Together DVDs. The blue plush toy has a small, felt fabric cookie attached to its hand. The plush toy and DVD are packaged in a yellow and green box with the words "Sesame Beginnings" and "Make Music Together" printed on the front. The product is labeled for children ages 6 months and up.
What can happen
The small felt fabric cookie attached to the plush toy's hand can be removed easily and ingested by young children, posing a choking hazard.
The fix
Using scissors, consumers should immediately remove the felt cookie and its connecting thread from the plush toy. Once detached, the felt cookie and thread should be disposed of immediately.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- No injuries or incidents have been reported.
- Sold at
- Exclusively at Wal-Mart stores nationwide from March 2006 to July 2006 for about $15.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled baby cookie monster plush toys?
Using scissors, consumers should immediately remove the felt cookie and its connecting thread from the plush toy. Once detached, the felt cookie and thread should be disposed of immediately.
What is the hazard?
The small felt fabric cookie attached to the plush toy's hand can be removed easily and ingested by young children, posing a choking hazard.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.