Fisher-Price Recalls Little People Animal Sounds Farms Due to Choking Hazard

Plain-English summary

Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y., is recalling about 67,000 Little People® Animal Sounds Farms toys. The recall is due to a hazard where two small metal screws holding the toy's stall doors in place can come off, posing an aspiration or choking hazard to young children.

Fisher-Price has received 33 reports of the screws coming off the toy. This includes four reports where a screw was found in a child's mouth and one report of a child aspirating a screw into his lung. The latter case required the child to be hospitalized and undergo emergency surgery to remove the screw.

The recalled toys are shaped like a barn and make animal sounds when the doors of the cow or horse stall are opened. They have a model number of 77973 or 77746 and a six-character manufacturing date code beginning with 168 through 212, followed by the number 2 as the fourth digit. These toys were sold at mass merchants and toy stores nationwide between July 2002 and December 2002 for about $30.

Consumers should take the toy away from young children immediately and contact Fisher-Price toll-free at (866) 259-7873 to receive a free repair kit. Consumers can also visit www.service.mattel.com to determine if their product is among the recalled models and to order the free repair kit online.

The recalled product

Product

Little People® Animal Sounds Farms

Manufacturer

Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y.

Category

Consumer Product — Toys

Hazard

• choking
• aspiration

Affected units

67,000

Distribution

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