Safety regulator, Fazoli's Announce Recall of Toys Included with Kids Meals
Recall 00171 · Aug 29, 2000 · Fazoli's Management Inc.
310,000
units affected
310,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 00171
- Date
- Aug 29, 2000
- Company
- Fazoli's Management Inc.
- Units affected
- 310,000
- Product
- Pasta Pals toys included with Fazoli's Kids Meals
- Product type
- Toy Figures
- Hazard
- Suffocation
The product
The toy is a plastic, barrel-shaped container with small, plastic tomato and ravioli figures inside. The Pasta Pals toy's blue container measures about 2.5 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. Inside are three red tomato figures and three yellow ravioli figures. Children can empty the figures out of the container and link them to form a chain. "FAZOLI'S ITALIAN FOOD...FAST" is imprinted onto the top of the barrel. "(c)2000Fazoli's Management, Inc." and "Made in China" are imprinted into the bottom of the barrel.
What can happen
The bottom of the container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3 years of age.
The fix
Consumers should immediately take the barrel-shaped container away from young children. Discard the container or return it to any Fazoli's restaurant for a free Italian Lemon Ice.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Fazoli's has received one report of a child putting the container over his mouth. No injuries have been reported.
- Sold at
- Fazoli's restaurants nationwide included the Pasta Pals toys with Fazoli's Kids Meals from January 2000 through August 2000.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled pasta pals toys included with fazoli's kids meals?
Consumers should immediately take the barrel-shaped container away from young children. Discard the container or return it to any Fazoli's restaurant for a free Italian Lemon Ice.
What is the hazard?
The bottom of the container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3 years of age.
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.