FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2000
Release # 00-136
Kellogg's Recall Hotline: (800) 962-0037 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Kellogg Company Announce Recall of Toy Cars Inside Boxes
of Cereal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Kellogg Company, of Battle Creek, Mich., is recalling
837,000 toy cars, that were packed inside some Kellogg's cereal boxes.
The tires can detach from the wheels of these cars, posing a choking
hazard for young children.
Kellogg has received two reports of the tires detaching from the
wheels of these toy cars. No injuries have been reported.
Various club and a few grocery stores nationwide sold these cars
in specially marked packages of Kellogg's® Tri-Fun-Pak 40-ounce box,
Kellogg's® Froot Loops® 43.6-ounce box, Kellogg's® Mini-Wheats®
Frosted Bite Size 58.8-ounce box, and Kellogg's® Crispix® 31.4-ounce
box. The cars were distributed inside boxes of these cereals from March
2000 through June 2000.
Consumers should take these toy cars away from young children
immediately, and send the cars to Kellogg to get a free replacement item
and reimbursement for postage. Send the car, along with your name and
address to Kellogg Company, P.O. Box 185654, Battle Creek MI 49018-5654.
For more information, visit Kellogg's web site (note - recall no longer available on firm's web site) or
call Kellogg Co. at (800) 962-0037 anytime.