CPSC, Dollar Tree Stores Inc. Announce Recall of Plush Bears and Snowman
Dolls
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Dollar Tree Stores Inc., of Chesapeake, Va., is
voluntarily recalling about 407,000 plush bears and 221,000 snowman
dolls. Buttons on the jacket of these toys can be pulled off, posing a
choking hazard to young children.
CPSC and Dollar Tree have received no reports of injuries or
incidents. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of
injuries.
The 10-inch plush bear is white and dressed in a hat and jacket in
one of the following colors: red, blue, hunter green, pink, purple,
light green, light blue and white. The 10-inch snowman doll is dressed
in a hat and jacket that are blue and pink. The snowman dolls also have
white scarves and a red ball nose. Both the bears and the snowman dolls
have a label on their backs that reads, "DIST BY: DOLLAR TREE" and "
MADE IN CHINA." The bears and snowman dolls were sold with ear tags that
read either, "Christmas House Plush Bear" or "Christmas House Christmas
Plush."
Dollar Tree, Only One Dollar, Only $1, Dollar Express, and Dollar
Bills stores nationwide sold these toys from June 2002 through March
2003 for about $1.
Parents and caregivers should take these toys away from young
children immediately, and return the toys to the store where purchased
for a refund. For more information, call Dollar Tree at (800) 876-8077
anytime, or visit the firm's Web site at www.dollartree.com
