The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·88083·Announced 1988-10-11

Kmart Recalls Baby Squeeze Toys and Rattles Due to Choking Hazard

Kmart is voluntarily recalling squeeze toys and telephone rattles because parts may detach, posing a choking hazard to children under three.

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 children under three, which is a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

K Mart Corporation is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and 75,000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys. These products were sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987. The squeeze toys come in telephone receiver, barbell, dumbbell, baseball, basketball, and soccer ball shapes.

Additionally, K Mart is recalling an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" sold for less than $2.00 since December 1987. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out, and the rattles may break to produce plastic pieces and beads. These detached parts present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age and may cut infants.

Consumers should immediately take these toys away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The recall was initiated after the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified the products during a joint surveillance program at the ports of Charleston, Dallas, and Savannah.

The recalled product

Product
Baby's First Playball squeeze toys
Manufacturer
Kmart
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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