Rainbox Bell Baby Rattles Recalled by LI Peng Enterprises
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 11, 1988
Release # 88-027
Li Peng Enterprises Recalls Rainbow Bell Baby Rattles
WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Li Peng Enterprises, Inc., Los
Angeles, California today announced the voluntary recall of
Rainbow Bell baby rattles, Item CT-8013, which present a choking
hazard to infants.
The rattles are multicolored plastic with a handle made up
of what appears to be beads at one end and 4 bell-shaped noise
makers in a circle at the other end. The item is labeled, "C T
Made In Taiwan".
Neither Li Peng nor the Commission know of any injuries
caused by these baby rattles.
The rattle presents a choking hazard because the handle is
small enough to enter a child's mouth and long enough to reach
the back of the throat and because the metal bell can detach from
the top part of the rattle.
Consumers should take the rattles away from infants
immediately and return the rattles to the retail store where
purchased for a full refund of the purchase price.
Approximately 86,400 of the baby rattles were sold between
June 1987 and August 1987 for $2.85.
The rattles were identified during Operation Toyland import
surveillance in the Port of Los Angeles. Operation Toyland is
part of a cooperative program between U.S. Customs and the CPSC
to stop noncomplying hazardous toys from being distributed.