Chicco Announce Recall of Build-A-Ball Toys
Press Release # 01-182
Transcript
Screen reading: "Background: In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Chicco USA Inc., of Bound Brook, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 6,000 Build-A-Ball Preschool toys."
Screen reading: "The Build-A-Ball toy consists of five multi-colored and various-sized plastic balls that can be taken apart to be stacked on top of each other or placed inside each other. Some of the larger-sized ball halves can become stuck on a young child's face, covering the nose and mouth, causing suffocation."
(View of hand placing a ball half over the nose and mouth of a baby doll) No audio.
Screen reading: "CPSC received a report of a 2-year old boy who had a ball half stuck on his face, covering his nose and mouth. A nearby adult was able to pull the toy from his face. No injury to the child was reported."
(View of young child placing a ball half over his face) No audio.
Screen reading: "The five balls in the toy set range in size from about 2-inches to 4-inches in diameter. One-half of the balls are white, green, blue, red or yelloe, and the other half is clear, "chicco" is written inside the balls."
(View of Chicco Build-A-Ball box with the toys arranged in front of it) No audio.
(Close up of open green and clear ball reading "chicco") No audio.
Screen reading: "The balls are packaged in a box labeled "chicco," "Build-A-Ball," "Cod. 66167," and "Made in China." The packaging also indicated the toy is for children ages 1-3 years or 1-4 years. The text on the packaging is written in 11 languages."
(View of Chicco Build-A-Ball box with the toys arranged in front of it) No audio.
(View of two of these boxes with the same ball toys arranged in front of them) No audio.
(View of the two boxes with no toys in view) No audio.
(Close up view of the top and back of these boxes) No audio.
Screen reading: "Amazon.com, Army & Air Force exchanges, and other toy stores sold these toys notionwide from January 1999 through April 2001 for about $6."
Screen reading: "Parents and caregivers should take these balls away from young children immediately and return the toys to the store where purchased for a refund. For more information, consumers should call Chicco USA Inc., toll-free at (866) 242-0643 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the company's web site, www.chiccousa.com"
(View of woman watching child play with Chicco ball toys and other toys)
(Close up view of child playing with Chicco toys)
Screen reading: "Ann Brown, Chairman U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission"
(View of Chairman Ann Brown) "This is a hidden danger. When a young child places on of the halves of these balls over his face, the toy can become stuck and cause suffocation. Parents and caregivers should take these toys away from young children immediately."
(View of young child playing with Chicco ball halves, and placing one over his face) No audio.
(View of woman coming to the child and taking the ball half out of his hand) No audio.
Screen reading: "Parents and caregivers should take these balls away from young children immediately and return the toys to the store hwere purchased for a refund. For more information, consumers should call Chicco USA Inc., toll-free at (866) 242-0643 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the company's web site, www.chiccousa.com"
(View of woman sitting on couch with phone in one hand, Chicco ball in the other, and the box on her lap) "Hi, this is Amy Browm, I'm calling about the Chicco Build-A-Ball. I'm calling to see if this is the toy that has been recalled...It is?...and what do I do to get a replacement?...There is no replacement...O.K. I take it to the store to get a refund?...O.K. Great. Thank you very much. Goodbye."
(View of the toy's box) No audio.
(View of woman typing at computer next to the toy's box) No audio.
Screen reading: "For more information about the recall, contact: Chicco Contat: Elizabeth Orlowsky (866) 242-0643; CPSC Contact: Nychelle Fleming (301) 504-7063; CHICCO WEBSITE: www.chiccousa.com"
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