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Manhattan Group Recalls Baby Rattles Due to Choking Hazard, Dec. 5, 2013


Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2013.  Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Recall date: December 04, 2013
Recall number: 14-039

  • Manhattan Group Quixel baby rattle in product box
    Manhattan Group Quixel baby rattle in product box

Recall Summary

Name of product:  Manhattan Toy® Quixel™ baby rattles

Hazard:  The colored arches can break, creating a small part which poses a choking hazard to small children.

Consumer Contact:  Manhattan Group at (800) 541-1345 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or online at www.manhattantoy.com and click on RECALLS at the bottom of the home page for more information.

Recall Details

In conjunction with

http://http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2013/37061r-eng.php

Units:  About 8,300 in the U.S. and 4,100 in Canada

Description:  This recall includes the Manhattan Toy® Quixel™ baby rattle. The plastic rattles have four, colored arches (red, orange, green and blue) with sliding beads on each of the arches. The arches are held together by a single string of red, white and blue elastic.  The rattle arches measure about 5 inches in diameter.  The product was sold with or without a box. “Manhattan Toy” is printed on one of the arches. 

Incidents/Injuries:  Manhattan Group has received four reports of the rattles breaking. No injuries have been reported.

Remedy:  Consumers should immediately take these rattles away from young children and return it to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Sold at:  Specialty toy and baby stores nationwide, in Canada and online at www.manhattantoy.com from September 2011 through October 2013 for about $15

Importer:  Manhattan Group LLC, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Manufactured in:  China

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC’s Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @OnSafety or by subscribing to CPSC’s free e-mail newsletters.

Source: cpsc.gov

 


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