CPSC, HandsOnToys, Inc. Announce Recall to Replace Rattles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), HandsOnToys, Inc. of Wilmington, Mass. is voluntarily
recalling about 100,000 rattles. The rattle can break and expose the
noisemaker inside the rattle handle, posing a choking hazard to young
children.
CPSC and HandsOnToys have received 11 reports of the rattles
breaking. A 9-month old girl was found with the plastic noisemaker
lodged in her throat. Her mother removed it by performing the Heimlich
maneuver.
The rattles were sold under the Wiggly Giggler brand name. The
rattle can be shaken stacked and rolled. The rattle is a 3-inch long
tube with mushroom caps on each end. It was sold in three color
combinations, green with purple caps, orange with pink caps and purple
with orange caps. The rattle contains a noisemaker inside that produces
a sound when the rattle is shaken. "Wiggly Giggler" is written on
the tube of the rattle.
Specialty toy stores nationwide sold the rattles from May 2000
through September 2001 for between $2 and $3.
Consumers should immediately take these toy rattles away from
children and contact HandsOnToys at (888) 442-6376 between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. ET Monday through Friday to receive a replacement toy.
Rattles with a small number "3" imprinted in the painted circle on
the base of the mushroom end cap, in the center of the four sound holes
are not included in this recall.