CPSC, Etna Products Inc. Announce Recall of Wooden Toy Cars
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Etna Products Inc. of New
York, N.Y., is recalling about 13,200 wooden toy cars.
The glue holding the toy together deteriorates causing the
hub caps, headlights, and blocks to separate. Young
children could choke on the headlights and blocks or inhale
the hub caps into their lungs, which could lead to death.
CPSC and Etna Products are not aware of any injuries
involving these toys. This recall is being conducted to
prevent the possibility of injury.
The wooden toy car is painted red, yellow, green, and
blue. The sides of the car hold 26 wooden blocks painted
with letters of the alphabet and pictures appropriate for
each letter and two heart-shaped red blocks. The car also
comes with a 12-inch white pull cord. The toy is packaged
in a cardboard box labeled in part, "Solid Wood Hand-Painted
Old Time Learning Car...28 Blocks - One Side Displays
Letter, Other Side Displays Picture With Name." There is a
picture of the toy car on the box.
The toys were sold nationwide by Benton-Kirby and
Walter Drake & Sons mail order catalogues. The toys were
also sold by Boardman's (Small Wonders, Something Special,
Small Delights), Odd-Job Trading stores, J.D. Yeatts
Imports, and Burton Distributors. The toys were sold from
1994 through March 1997 for about $5.
Consumers should take the recalled toys away from
children immediately and return them to the store where
purchased for a full refund. For more information about
this recall or for questions concerning mail order
purchases, consumers should call Etna at (800) 841-1007.