Safety regulator, Fisher-Price Announce Recall of Little People® Animal Sounds Farms
Recall 03111 · Apr 23, 2003 · Fisher-Price
67,000
units affected
67,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 03111
- Date
- Apr 23, 2003
- Company
- Fisher-Price
- Units affected
- 67,000
- Product
- Little People® Animal Sounds Farms
- Product type
- Toy Play Sets/Activity Sets
- Hazard
- Choking
The product
The recalled Little People® Animal Sounds Farms are shaped like a barn and make animal sounds when the doors of the cow or horse stall are opened. The recalled toys have a model number of 77973 or 77746 and a six-character manufacturing date code that begins with 168 through 212, followed by the number 2 as the fourth digit. Both the model number and date code can be found on the underside of the green ramp. The Fisher-Price logo appears at the top of the tallest side of the barn in red and white.
What can happen
Two small metal screws that hold the toy "stall doors" in place can come off, posing an aspiration or choking hazard to young children.
The fix
Consumers should take the toy away from young children immediately and contact Fisher-Price to receive a free repair kit.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Fisher-Price has received 33 reports of the screws coming off of the toy, including four reports where a screw was found in the child's mouth and one report of a child that aspirated a screw into his lung. The latter case required the child to be hospitalized and undergo emergency surgery to remove the screw from his lung.
- Sold at
- Mass merchants and toy stores nationwide sold these toys, between July 2002 and December 2002, for about $30.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled little people® animal sounds farms?
Consumers should take the toy away from young children immediately and contact Fisher-Price to receive a free repair kit.
What is the hazard?
Two small metal screws that hold the toy "stall doors" in place can come off, posing an aspiration or choking hazard to young children.
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.