Choking

Pull along toys - Pull-a-long Friends – Toucan, Alligator, Sharky

Manhattan Toys
Pull along toys - Pull-a-long Friends – Toucan, Alligator, Sharky
Case number
0368/10
Category
Toys
Type / Model
Toucan – Item number 210720 UPC code: 0-1196444143-3.Alligator – Item number 210750 UPC code: 0-1196444207-2.Sharky – Item number 210740 UPC code: 0-1196444145-7.
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Country of origin
Thailand
Published
2010-02-26

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because the wooden dowel holding the top part of the toy can become loose and the resulting piece could pose a potential choking hazard to children. One incident reported.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the distributor.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Wood tug toys in the shape of a toucan, alligator and shark. There is a 7.5 cm hang tag secured through the tug rope. The hang tag has a 12m+ warning. There is also an instruction to retain hang tag for future reference and to remove all packaging before giving to a child. It gives the trader’s address details in USA and UK. It has CE marking. Packaging info is given in English, French & Spanish.