[Recalled] Child Guidance Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar toys; JAKKS Pacific Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar toys — Caterpillar Toys Recalled by Child Guidance TM NEWS from CPSC U.S | CPSC 2000-07-21

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Recall details

Why it was recalled

According to the CPSC notice, the identified hazard is: Caterpillar Toys Recalled by Child Guidance TM NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2000 Release # 00-147 Caterpillar Toy Recall Hotline: (877) 586-1006 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058 CPSC, Child Guidance TM Announce Recall to Replace Caterpillar Toys WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Child Guidance TM, of New York, N.Y., a division of JAKKS Pacific Inc., is voluntarily recalling almost 1 million Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar TM toys. Young children can choke on the small balls attached to these toys. CPSC has received one report of a 5-month-old girl in El Paso, Texas, choking to death after one of the small balls attached to these toys lodged in her throat. CPSC also received reports of two children starting to choke on a ball from this toy. The Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar TM is a pull toy that plays four songs and various sounds. It has five ball shapes raised from its body on the end of tightly wound coil wire springs. The two smaller ball shapes on the caterpillar's head resemble antennas. The toy is about 10 inches long, and is green with yellow oval wheels that cause it to wobble when it moves. The segments of the caterpillar's body have lights that flash to the music and sounds. "Child Guidance TM" and "MADE IN CHINA" are imprinted on the bottom of the toy. Hazards: Choking

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