CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy
CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones
Why was CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy recalled?
The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should stop using the toy phone immediately and call Discovery Toys for a free repair kit. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall. Contact: Consumers may call Discovery Toys at 800-341-TOYS (1-800-341-8697) Monday through Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (PT) or email [email protected]
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Hello Baby toy phones
- Company
- Discovery Toys Inc., of Livermore, Calif.
- Quantity
- About 57,000
- Sold at
- The toy phones were sold nationwide through Discovery Toys sales network. They were sold in the U.S. and Canada, from May 1999 through November 2000, for about $10, and have since been discontinued.
- Recall date
- October 23, 2001
- Incidents / injuries
- Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
The battery-operated, multicolored toy flip phone is red, blue and yellow with green, blue, yellow and orange dial buttons. Each button has its own sound: a ring, a beeping dialing tune, a busy signal and a "hello." The toy phone has a blue hard-plastic antenna with a ball-shaped tip that makes a clickity-clack sound.