Battat Recalls Parents Magazine Toy Cell Phones for Choking Hazard
Battat Inc. is recalling about 14,000 Parents Magazine Record-A-Voice Toy Cell Phones because a metal pin can fall out, posing a choking hazard to young children.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a choking hazard for young children with reported injuries (cuts to the mouth), fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has been reported but no fatalities or serious injuries are noted.
Plain-English summary
Battat Inc. of Plattsburgh, N.Y., is recalling about 14,000 Parents® Magazine Record-A-Voice Toy Cell Phones. The recall involves toy cell phones that play songs, sound effects, and user-recorded messages. The products were sold in polka dot, swirl, floral, and stripe patterns, with the Parents® logo visible inside the flip-top and on the battery compartment cover. Only items bearing date codes 090106 through 101206 are involved in this recall. The date code can be located on the bottom of the product packaging and in the battery compartment.
The metal pin inside the hinge of the cell phone flip-top can fall out, posing a choking hazard to young children. The firm has received 54 reports of the metal pin falling out of the hinge. In two cases, consumers reported finding the pin inside a child's mouth, with one child receiving a cut in the mouth.
The toy cell phones were sold at Target stores nationwide from September 2006 to January 2007 for about $8. Consumers should take these toy cell phones away from young children immediately and contact Battat to receive a replacement product or refund. For additional information, call Battat, Inc. at (800) 247-6144 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or e-mail the firm at [email protected].
The recalled product
- Product
- Parents® Magazine Record-A-Voice Toy Cell Phones
- Manufacturer
- Battat Inc., of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
- Category
- Consumer Product — Toys
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 14,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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